The Contracting Education Academy

Contracting Academy Logo
  • Home
  • Training & Education
  • Services
  • Contact Us
You are here: Home / Archives for WTO

February 20, 2014 By AMK

China makes another bid to join WTO procurement agreement

China offered a revised bid to enter the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement, which guarantees members mutual private-sector access to government procurements worth more than a low threshold.

This comes in as China’s fifth bid since 2007.

In December, 2013, at the annual session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, China agreed to submit a revised offer in 2014 that would be in line with those of other GPA members, a December 2013 Office of U.S. Trade Representative fact sheet says.

The WTO GPA allows private sector access to government procurements worth more than $202,000 between countries who have joined the agreement. Certain services are barred from WTO GPA coverage, including services in support of the overseas military, dredging, federally funded research centers and ship repairs; the WTO also allows procurements to be excluded from agreement coverage on national security grounds.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/china-makes-another-bid-join-wto-procurement-agreement/2014-02-13 

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Buy American Act, export, import, Trade Agreements Act, WTO

Popular Topics

abuse acquisition reform acquisition strategy acquisition training acquisition workforce Air Force Army AT&L bid protest budget budget cuts competition cybersecurity DAU DFARS DHS DoD DOJ FAR fraud GAO Georgia Tech GSA GSA Schedule GSA Schedules IG industrial base information technology innovation IT Justice Dept. Navy NDAA OFPP OMB OTA Pentagon procurement reform protest SBA sequestration small business spending technology VA
Contracting Academy Logo
75 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30308
info@ContractingAcademy.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-894-6109
Fax: 404-410-6885

RSS Twitter

Search this Website

Copyright © 2023 · Georgia Tech - Enterprise Innovation Institute