The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will open Malaysia’s government procurement market for the first time under an international agreement. While it is a relatively modest opening, it provides U.S. and other TPP suppliers with more access to Malaysian
The TPP parties should use a variety of tools to address Malaysia’s concerns with opening its government procurement under the TPP. According to recent press reports, Malaysia is “wary” of procurement commitments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
The primary benefit for the U.S. in the TPP government procurement negotiations would likely be the opening of the procurement markets of the four TPP partners with which it does not yet have procurement agreements. For the United States, the success of the