The WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) appears poised for expansion in 2017 – for the third straight year. According to the WTO Secretariat’s report of the June meeting of the GPA committee, several accession negotiations are nearing
On June 12-13, an international conference on public procurement, Public Procurement: Global Revolution VIII, convened at the University of Nottingham in England’s East Midlands. It was a major gathering of international procurement scholars, lawyers,
Since the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) entered into force in January 1996, its membership has more than doubled, growing from 21 to 47 WTO members. It now constitutes slightly less than one-third of the total WTO membership. Three factors
A Djaghe Reference paper, The Government Procurement Agreement under the World Trade Organization, provides a comprehensive examination of the treatment of government procurement under the WTO. It begins with a consideration of the exclusion of procurement
The Senate and the House of Representatives passed different versions of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA). The Senate version included a Buy America provision that applied to water infrastructure projects, but the House bill did not. In
A Briefing Paper, “Brexit: Trade Implications”, published by Thomas Reuters, examines the trade implications for the United Kingdom of its planned exit from the European Union. It explains the Brexit process and current EU-UK trade relations. The
On September 27, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, “Government Procurement Agreements Contain Similar Provisions, but Market Access Commitments Vary”, in response to a congressional request. Two Senators (Jeff Merkley,
As a consequence of its June 23 vote to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom (UK) will need to negotiate new trading relationships with the EU, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States and other countries. One of the WTO agreements
On April 18, Ukraine ratified the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). It will become the 46th WTO member subject to the Agreement on May 18 — 30 days after submitting its instrument of accession. In November 2015, the WTO procurement
This post highlights recent activities related to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), in particular advancements in negotiations to join the Agreement. Korea Implements Revised GPA: On January 14, the recently revised GPA