ITEM OF NOTE This post highlights findings of a December 2018 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the use of waivers and exceptions of the Buy American Act of 1933 (BAA). GAO found that of the federal agencies’ purchases of $196
The Buy American Act of 1933 (BAA) is the example, most frequently cited by U.S. trading partners, of American protectionism. This major domestic preference law governs the procurement of goods by the federal government. It was enacted during the Great