Tag: Brazil procurement

Brazil’s New Public Procurement Law

The George Washington Law School presented a very informative webinar on Brazil’s public procurement market on October 7. Brazilian procurement experts discussed Brazil’s new public procurement law as well as its negotiations to join the

2016 Trade Barriers Report: Government Procurement

In the recently released annual National Trade Estimates (NTE) report, the U.S. Trade Representative identifies major foreign barriers to U.S. exports. Government procurement is one of the 10 categories covering “government-imposed measures and policies

Why No BRICS in the GPA?

 The BRICS have not yet opened procurement under international agreements, but several have obligations to do so. None of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has joined the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). However,