On December 15, 2015, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published revised thresholds that apply to U.S. federal and state procurement covered by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and free trade agreements (FTAs) for the calendar years 2016 and
The international procurement system made modest gains in 2013 with promises for more progress in 2014. For the United States, the primary developments in international procurement centered on the negotiations of two major regional trade agreements. The