Tag: FTA

EU-New Zealand FTA: Procurement

The European Union (EU) and New Zealand concluded a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on June 30th. This is the 6th FTA the EU has negotiated, over the past decade, with parties to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). The others are with Canada,

RCEP: Very Modest Procurement Provisions

Fifteen Asian countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 ASEAN members, signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on November 15, after eight years of negotiations. Following the Trans-Pacific

EU-Japan Trade Pact: Government Procurement

On July 6th, the European Union and Japan reached an agreement in principle on the results, to date, of the negotiations of the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (JEEPA). One of the areas in which the two sides announced results is government