A Djaghe reference paper, EU Regional Trade Agreements with Procurement Commitments examines the European Union’s negotiations of regional trade agreements (RTAs) with both parties to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and non-GPA parties. In
On February 15, the European Parliament approved the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union, giving a boost to international trade agreements amid growing threats of protectionism. The approval paves the way
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
The EU-Canada agreement details Canada’s unprecedented opening of its procurement markets. A year ago, when Canada and the European Union announced the conclusion of their negotiations of a major trade agreement – the Comprehensive Economic and
The U.S. lacks the mechanism for comprehensive sub-federal coverage in TTIP. As noted in an earlier posting, one of top priorities of the European Union’s (EU) in the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations is expansion
The international procurement system made modest gains in 2013 with promises for more progress in 2014. For the United States, the primary developments in international procurement centered on the negotiations of two major regional trade agreements. The
Canada and the EU are exchanging greater access to their respective government procurement markets than either has given to the United States. On October 18, 2013, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso