An article, “An Assessment of WTO GPA Membership: Current Status and Future Prospects”, which has been published in the Public Procurement Law Review (27 PPLR, Issue 1 (2018)), examines the expansion of membership in the WTO Government Procurement
A July 2017 post outlined the procurement results of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and Japan. Since then, the two parties have finalized their free trade agreement and published the texts. This post examines the
On January 9, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that would allow the public to track waivers of Buy American requirements and encourage federal agencies to minimize their use. The proposal is prompted by the concern that federal agencies
In its first year, the Trump administration provided a broad indication of its approach to government procurement in international agreements, calling for a report aimed at strengthening Buy American requirements and revising the U.S. determination of
As discussed in a recent post, the United States proposes, in the negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to limit Canadian and Mexican access to the U.S. procurement market at the level of their combined procurement. This is one of
In response to an April presidential directive, the Secretary of Commerce is to present the President with a Buy American report by November 24. That report is to include “specific recommendations to strengthen implementation of Buy American Laws”. In
After four rounds of negotiations, the parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) acknowledged on October 18 that they will not be able to meet their year-end target for completion, and are extending the negotiations into the first quarter of
In the renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Politico’s Morning Trade reported that the United States proposes to cap Canadian and Mexican access to U.S. procurement at the level of the combined procurement that the two NAFTA
Until recently, Brazil has shown little interest in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) or foreign procurement markets. Instead, it adopted procurement policies that favored its own suppliers and created barriers to participation by foreign
On June 26, 2017, the European Commission released its 7th annual Report on Trade and Investment Barriers for 2016. It identified 372 trade barriers in over 50 countries, a 10% increase over 2015. The Report highlights 36 new barriers and the resolution of