Tag: GPA

Federal Domestic Content Restrictions on State & Local Projects

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  An earlier posting outlined U.S. treatment of domestic content requirements that apply to states and other sub-federal entities as a condition of federal loans or grants. This posting will examine the evolution of those requirements. Domestic content

Canada Registers Concerns with New Buy America Legislation

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A recent posting considered a provision in legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that may restrict negotiations of new procurement commitments. The provision is aimed at prohibiting new waivers of the Buy American Act of 1933, which applies

WTO Services Agreement and Its Government Procurement Component

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The WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) opens the government procurement of 43 WTO members, slightly more than one-quarter of the 160 WTO members. Its application is limited to the WTO members that join it and its benefits accrue only to those members.

Buy American Restrictions, Threat to Opening Procurement?

A new “Buy American Act” restriction passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could undermine the ability of the U.S. to negotiate access to new procurement markets for U.S. firms. On May 30, 2014, Inside U.S. Trade reported that the U.S. House of

Trade Agreements Act of 1979: Broad Authority, Narrow Application

Although the Trade Agreements Act provides the President with broad authority to waive discriminatory purchasing requirements, in practice the waiver has limited application. Under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and free trade agreements

Need to Initiate GPA Arbitration Process

The GPA Parties should initiate expeditiously the arbitration process in the revised GPA to facilitate resolving disputes over whether a Party may withdraw an entity from the GPA. The recently implemented revision of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement

Implementation of Revised GPA

The revision of the GPA has entered into force — nearly 15 years after negotiations began. On April 6, 2014, the Parties to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) reached a major milestone with implementation of the revision of the GPA.  This

BACKGROUND: New Procurement Opportunities under Revised GPA

The recent revision of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement expands significantly the opportunities for participation in GPA procurement markets.  In the recent revision of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), the GPA Parties expanded the

Government procurement – key element in TPP; Missed opportunity in RCEP?

Abstract Government procurement has been treated quite differently in trade agreements initiated by the US than in those that have been led by Asian governments. US-led trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), incorporate

Can U.S. Offer Comprehensive Coverage of States in TTIP?

The U.S. lacks the mechanism for comprehensive sub-federal coverage in TTIP. As noted in an earlier posting, one of top priorities of the European Union’s (EU) in the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations is expansion