Tag: Accession to GPA

WTO GPA Update #9: Current Accession Negotiations

The WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) appears poised for expansion in 2017 – for the third straight year. According to the WTO Secretariat’s report of the June meeting of the GPA committee, several accession negotiations are nearing

No Implementation of Revised GPA at WTO Ministerial in Bali

Implementation of the revised WTO Government Procurement Agreement has been delayed until the first quarter of 2014.  Even though the WTO’s 9th Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia (Dec. 2-7, 2013) was able to conclude a successful agreement on a