Date: 2015
Type: Working Paper
International cooperation on public procurement regulation
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2015/88, Global Governance Programme-203, Global Economics
HOEKMAN, Bernard M., International cooperation on public procurement regulation, EUI RSCAS, 2015/88, Global Governance Programme-203, Global Economics - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/37820
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Most governments have yet to agree to binding disciplines on government procurement regulation, whether in the WTO or a preferential trade agreement. Empirical research suggests that reciprocally-negotiated market access commitments have not been effective in inducing governments to buy more from foreign suppliers. Foreign sourcing by governments has been rising for most countries, however, independent of whether States have made international commitments to this effect – although there is some evidence that this trend was reversed post-2008 in several countries that had the freedom to do so. The stylized facts suggest a reconsideration of the design of international cooperation on procurement regulation, with less emphasis on specific market access reciprocity and greater focus on good procurement practice and principles, efforts to boost transparency, and pursuit of pro-competitive policies more generally.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/37820
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2015/88; Global Governance Programme-203; Global Economics
Keyword(s): Government procurement Regulation Trade agreements WTO F13 H57
Other topic(s): Trade, investment and international cooperation