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 […]
The European Commission published Guidelines on its enforcement of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) on January 9, 2026. They apply to foreign subsidies that distort the internal market in public procurement and mergers and acquisitions within the European Union (EU). The Guidelines clarified three key concepts: (i) how the Commission analyzes market distortions caused by subsidies from third countries; (ii) how […]