Date: 2018
Type: Contribution to book
Government procurement
Jane DRAKE-BROCKMAN and Patrick MESSERLIN (eds), Potential benefits of an Australia-EU free trade agreement : key issues and options, Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2018, pp. 123-148
HOEKMAN, Bernard M., Government procurement, in Jane DRAKE-BROCKMAN and Patrick MESSERLIN (eds), Potential benefits of an Australia-EU free trade agreement : key issues and options, Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2018, pp. 123-148
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Procurement is an important element of the discussions around an Australia-European Union (EU) free trade agreement (FTA), given that Australia uses public purchasing to support small and medium-sized enterprises, indigenous communities and Australian industry more generally. Procurement liberalisation is more complex than tariff reduction or removal, as it involves regulation and may affect specific sectors. This chapter briefly discusses procurement policy in Australia and the EU and provides an overview of the content and approach taken in trade agreements towards public procurement. It argues that the implications of the Australia-EU FTA for procurement practice will be limited given Australia’s decision to join the WTO Government Procurement Agreement, along with existing trade agreements that include procurement and empirical evidence suggesting that trade agreements do not result in major changes in sourcing behaviour by government agencies.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/60567
Full-text via DOI: 10.20851/eu-trade
ISBN: 9781925261592; 9781925261608
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