International Public Procurement Law

In an attempt to reduce barriers to international trade, public procurement agreements have evolved during the past three decades at both global and regional levels. This text provides an assessment of these agreements, focusing on the problem of protectionism in government procurement.

List of contents

The problem of protectionist procurement policies; normative analysis of domestic preference policies in government procurement; early attempts to eliminate domestic preference policies - the European Free Trade Association; the European Community - the first try; on the multilateral level - the GATT code on government procurement; a bilateral approach - government procurement under the Israel-United States free trade agreement; government procurement under the Canada-United States free trade agreement; opening up procurement markets in the European Community - a second try; public procurement under the North American free trade agreement (NAFTA); back to the multilateral level - the Uruguay round and the GATT procurement code.

Product details

• Authors: Reich, Arie Reich
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9789041196859
• ISBN: 978-90-411-9685-9
• No. of pages: 398
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 767 g
• Series: Studies in Transnational Econo; Studies in Transnational Econo
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics