According to a recent report by Reuters, the Chinese Government has significantly reduced the number of foreign products on its central government procurement list. In its analysis, Reuters found that products of top U.S. technology companies, including
At a meeting on February 11, 2015, the WTO Committee on Government Procurement (Committee) reported progress in negotiations to expand the membership of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Of the WTO members currently engaged in negotiating
China’s latest offer moves toward coverage commensurate with the GPA parties. China advanced its negotiations to join the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) with the recent submission of its 6th offer. That offer, submitted in late December, was in
The American Chamber of Commerce in China has pointed out deficiencies in China’s GPA offers that will need to be addressed to bring the procurement China will cover under the GPA to the level of other parties. As noted in an earlier posting, China
The enlargement of the European Union has been the major contributor to the expansion of the membership in the GPA. On May 1, 2014, the European Union (EU) marked the 10th anniversary of its 2004 enlargement in which it added 10 new member states (Cyprus,