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
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently prepared a report for Congress on the effectiveness of a Buy American provision in the 2009 stimulus package that was intended to restrict the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) purchase 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
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
An earlier post outlined the controversy surrounding investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) on both sides of the Atlantic. It also speculated on whether the issue would be taken up in a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This
The negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are expected to begin in mid-August. The NAFTA Government Procurement Chapter is a ready candidate for modernization. The NAFTA partners have already agreed on the
When President Trump entered office four months ago, he was expected to take immediate steps to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), or even withdraw from it, as he did with the Trans-Pacific Partnership. However, the Administration
On July 1, 2017, Canada will implement a new agreement, the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), which is intended to reduce interprovincial barriers to trade. Fourteen units of government signed the new accord: the Canadian federal government, 10 provinces
On January 23, President Donald Trump began to carry out his campaign promises on trade, directing the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and “to begin pursuing, wherever