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 …

The World Trade Organisation Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has created the most comprehensive plurilateral … system for procurement-related trade liberalisation. However, there has been a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs …) regulating public procurement liberalisation, including between GPA parties, which seek to bypass or go beyond the GPA on a …

This paper estimates trade barriers in government procurement, a market that accounts for 12 percent of world GDP … procurement is significantly higher than in trade between firms. However, this difference has been shrinking over time. Results … also show that trade agreements with provisions on government procurement increase cross-border flows of services, whereas …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

This Working Paper considers the significance of government procurement chapters in regional trade agreements (RTAs …), both in their own right and vis-à-vis the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). The paper finds, inter alia, that …: (i) a strong complementarity exists between government procurement trade commitments and general goods and services trade …