Trade Agreements and International Cooperation on Public Procurement Regulation

2017 ◽  
pp. 319-336
Author(s):  
Bernard Hoekman
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Trade Agreements

scholarly journals Government Procurement with Strings Attached: The Uneven Control of Offsets by the World Trade Organization and Regional Trade Agreements

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-321
Author(s):  
David COLLINS
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Commercial Markets ◽  
Procurement Contracts ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Wto Agreements

AbstractThis paper explores the practice of governments imposing domestic content-based requirements known as “offsets” on suppliers in order to secure public procurement contracts. Known to cause distortions in international trade, offsets are forbidden under the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement and in the procurement chapters of several RTAs, although these restrictions have severe limitations with full offset prohibitions only accepted by a handful of developed countries. Given the sensitivity of procurement policy and the need to stimulate local economies, Asian countries in particular show an unwillingness to address offsets in their international agreements. While other WTO agreements restrain the use of local content rules, these regimes are ill-suited to control the harmful effects of offsets in a procurement context because of their focus on traditional commercial markets. The paper suggests that an enlargement of offset prohibitions would be advisable given the expected expansion of global procurement markets commensurate with economic development.

Policy Diffusion in Public Procurement: The Role of Free Trade Agreements

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Woolcock
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Policy Diffusion ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article assesses the factors shaping policy diffusion of effective, liberal public procurement regimes. Policy diffusion and the analysis of policy diffusion is less developed in public procurement than other policy areas such as investment. This is surprising given the potential economic (public procurement accounts for some 8% of GDP) and signaling (transparency, good governance) gains of adopting regimes that promote competition in public procurement markets. The article first provides an introduction to the issue of public procurement and discusses the nature of procurement regimes, the dependent variable. It then assesses the impact of key variables identified in the literature on policy diffusion, such as competition, coercion and norm emulation. It is argued that issue linkage in bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) appears to have brought about common laws – and in some cases – rules for procurement. But this stops short of a genuine diffusion of liberal procurement regimes due to negotiations being framed by reciprocity rather than efficiency considerations, the costs and complexity of implementation, as well as opposition from vested sector interests and politicians at all levels of government favoring the short term political utility of ‘buy local’ policies.

Indonesia’s Efforts to Overcome COVID-19 Pandemic through International Cooperation

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-246
Author(s):  
Erna Kurniawati ◽  
Ludiro Madu
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
Media Research ◽  
New Challenges

Indonesia's Efforts To Overcome The COVID-19 Pandemic Through International Cooperation Are Urgent, Considering That The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Relatively New, The Spread Of The Virus Is Very Massive, So That No Country Has An Established Design Yet. The Purpose Of This Paper Is To Identify Various International Collaborations Carried Out By Indonesia In Overcoming The Pandemic. This Study Uses A Descriptive Research Method, Where A Lot Of Data Are Taken From Library Sources, Both Data From Various Government And Non-Government Institutions, International Organizations, As Well As Sources From Various Journals And Mass Media. Research Shows That The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Presented New Challenges For The Expansion Of Cooperation, And Made Indonesia Have To Be More Flexible And Open The Widest Possible Cooperation In Handling COVID, Including Putting Aside Ideology, And Even Making Commitments To Trade Agreements In Return For Vaccine Assistance.

Freihandelsabkommen und Non-Profit-Organisationen im deutschen Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Tröppner
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Trade In Services ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Investment Protection ◽  
Investment Agreements

This thesis illuminates the tensions between free trade agreements and the regulatory framework of Germany’s social services and healthcare systems. It focuses on the effects recent free trade agreements (e.g. CETA) have had on the commitment of non-profit organisations, especially welfare organisations and charities. By scrutinising free trade agreements based on GATS and GPA as well as bilateral investment agreements, this study examines the rules on the liberalisation of trade in services, investment protection, public procurement, competition and subsidies in order to flesh out their concrete effects on charitable work in social services and healthcare.

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