On March 4, the European Commission introduced ‘Made in EU’ and low-carbon requirements for public procurement in a proposed new regulation, the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), with the aim of increasing demand for low-carbon, European-made technologies and products. It focuses on energy intensive industries, namely steel, cement, and aluminum, as well as the automotive value chain and net-zero […]
After a long history of criticizing “Buy American” policies, Canada is now implementing its own suite of “Buy Canadian” policies, in response to President Trump’s tariff and trade policies, as well as “Buy American” restrictions. This post outlines Canada’s new procurement restrictions and their potential implications for US suppliers. (An earlier post, Ontario Retaliates Against Tariffs with […]
A new Briefing Paper, “Key International Procurement Developments in 2025,” published by Thomson Reuters, looks at key developments in international government procurement in 2025. The Paper begins with the Trump administration’s tariff and trade policies, which are reverberating throughout the global trading system. On government procurement, they include a threat to withdraw from the WTO Government […]