China has proposed standards for determining whether a product is considered a “domestic product” for purposes of government procurement, and thus eligible for a 20% price preference. If finalized, this measure will fill a gap in implementation of
China has criticized US government procurement policies and practices in its recent report on the United States’ compliance with its WTO obligations. As Inside U.S. Trade has pointed out, the report “focuses on a number of issues that China
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has asked for public comments on possible future collaboration on trade issues with the European Union under the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC). When that Council held its final ministerial meeting in April
On May 14, the White House announced increased tariffs on $18 billion of imports from China across “strategic sectors,” including steel and aluminum, semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, ship-to-shore cranes, and
The European Union targeted China’s procurement of medical devices in its first investigation under the International Procurement Instrument (IPI), implemented in 2022. The European Commission launched the investigation on April 24 in
After a decade-long effort, the European Union (EU) in June adopted a new trade tool aimed at achieving reciprocity by opening third-country public procurement markets and improving market access opportunities for EU suppliers, goods, and services. The new
The European Union and seven other parties to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) have, for the first time, requested the use of arbitration to resolve their objections to a proposed withdrawal of procurement from the Agreement. On March 26, they
On October 30th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a list of essential medicines, medical countermeasures and critical inputs to comply with the president’s August 6 executive order. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) must take action