Tag: Japan FTA

EU-Japan FTA: Examining Procurement Commitments

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

Establishing the GPA in Latin America

Chile, Colombia or Peru should lead Latin America into the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. The 43 WTO members covered by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) do not include any members from Latin America. Moreover, only four Latin American