The negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are expected to begin in mid-August. The NAFTA Government Procurement Chapter is a ready candidate for modernization. The NAFTA partners have already agreed on the
President Trump’s promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is taking shape. On March 29, the Administration provided a draft notice of the President’s intention “to initiate negotiations” related to that Agreement to
This post initiates a new series that will provide periodic insights into Buy American issues, issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the trade debate under the Trump Administration. American Pipelines: To comply with the
On October 30, Canada and the European Union finally signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), after objections by a Belgium province almost derailed the agreement. Only after intensive negotiations involving the EU, Belgium and its
The European Union and Canada are taking steps to ratify their trade pact, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they completed in 2014 after six years of negotiations. The two sides plan to sign the agreement at a EU-Canada summit in
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) opens new government procurement markets for U.S. goods, services and suppliers in three countries (Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam). All the other TPP parties (Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru
The European Union (EU) covers public works concessions – a form of public-private partnerships (PPPs) – under the revised WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), as well as under bilateral agreements. Under the GPA, the EU limits its
In the WTO Trade Policy Review, U.S. procurement policies that favor domestic products were under broad attack. In a recent review of U.S. trade policies, WTO Members raised concerns with both existing and proposed Buy American measures that favor
The U.S.-Canada dispute over the application of Buy America requirements to the Alaska ferry terminal project could be resolved with a public interest waiver. Buy America requirements are once again under fire from Canada, as they have been
A recent posting considered a provision in legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that may restrict negotiations of new procurement commitments. The provision is aimed at prohibiting new waivers of the Buy American Act of 1933, which applies