To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic …

World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), which includes the United States, Canada, and many …’ procurement markets. As a practical matter, however, NAFTA’s procurement-related provisions have largely been overshadowed by the ….S. industrial base for defense production, with regard to public procurement the United States’ trading relationship with Canada …

In December of 2011, the Parties to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) adopted … its public procurement regime as it negotiates with the GPA Parties to open its government purchasing markets to …

the use of trade policy instruments and attributes of pre-crisis public procurement regulation. Controlling for country … products is strongly positively correlated with the total number of steps and time required to complete procurement processes … in the pre-crisis period. Membership in trade agreements encompassing public procurement disciplines is associated with …

Government Procurement Agreement, the so-called `challenge procedures` were agreed whereby WTO Members would allow private … parties to check whether government behaviour in the field of government procurement is in conformity with the relevant WTO …