The WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) covers three types of entities: central government entities, sub-central government entities and other entities. This post describes each GPA party’s coverage of sub-central entities under the revised
A paper, U.S. Perspective on Encouraging Countries to Join the GPA, was presented at the Fourth Annual Procurement Week Conference: Game Changing Ideas and Innovations, which was sponsored by the Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, Faculty of
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
In 2014, the major developments in international procurement centered on the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. In 2014, the implementation of a major revision of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) was the most significant development. In
A paper, Government Procurement in the WTO (2014), which was prepared for the 2014 Academy of WTO Law and Policy, organized by the Institute of International Economic Law, is available in the Djaghe white papers library. The paper provides an overview of
Australia has already undertaken significant procurement reform and commitments that should facilitate its GPA negotiations. On November 14, Australia’s Trade and Investment Minister, Andrew Robb, announced Australia’s commitment to work towards joining
Exclusion of government procurement from multilateral trade agreements: Government procurement is excluded from the national treatment obligations in both the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which covers goods, and the WTO General Agreement on
Montenegro and New Zealand are joining the GPA, bringing the GPA roster to 45 WTO Members. On October 29, 2014, the WTO Committee on Government Procurement approved Montenegro and New Zealand for membership in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).
Countries that are parties to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement will be able to use national procurement systems in projects financed by the World Bank. The World Bank is undertaking procurement reforms that will allow a country to use its own
As discussed in an earlier posting, the first revision of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) was implemented in April 2014. To date, 12 parties (Canada, the European Union, Hong Kong China, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Netherlands with