In 2024, major trading partners focused more on protecting domestic procurement interests than opening new procurement markets. That is the conclusion of a new Briefing Paper, Key International Procurement Developments in 2024, published by Thomson
December brought the publication of two new articles on international government procurement issues. 1. Jean Heilman Grier, “Preferences and Unilateral Measures in Public Procurement” in The Economics and Law of Public Procurement: New Global
In 2023, the liberalization of procurement markets generally outpaced domestic protectionism with some worrisome signs. Evidence of liberalization was seen in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), which added its first new member in four years and
A paper examines how preferences and unilateral measures impacting procurement are creating tensions in the international trading system. These measures are extending beyond the procurement sector and its international disciplines. They are being
The White House’s final guidance on implementing the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA Act), issued on August 14, added no provisions to its proposed guidance for the application of the Act’s ‘Buy America’ preference to
Congress has again imposed a domestic preference on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) purchase of uniforms and other items related to national security interests. The provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023 is
A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with procurement commitments offers an encouraging counterpoint to the stalled WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). While the FTA draws extensively from the GPA’s
Newly published by Dalston Press The International Procurement System: Liberalization & Protectionism by Jean Heilman Grier International Procurement. The agreements that support it. The institutions that sustain it. Its
The Biden administration has revised “Buy American” rules, consistent with the president’s 2021 Made in America order, to increase the share of American-made content in domestic products and construction material. It amends the rules implementing the
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