All but 10 U.S. states open procurement to foreign countries under one or more international agreements. The vast majority of the states (37) have commitments under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), as well as the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade
The current U.S. and EU commitments on government procurement will be the basis for the procurement negotiations in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. In July 2013, the United States and the European Union (EU) commenced negotiations of the