Tag: United Arab Emirates

China Launches Investigation of EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation

In response to European Union (EU) investigations of Chinese firms under its recently implemented Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), China has responded with its own probe of the EU. On July 10, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it was commencing

2023 Developments in International Procurement

In 2023, the liberalization of procurement markets generally outpaced domestic protectionism with some worrisome signs. Evidence of liberalization was seen in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), which added its first new member in four years and

India-UAE FTA Advances Global Procurement

A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with procurement commitments offers an encouraging counterpoint to the stalled WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). While the FTA draws extensively from the GPA’s