The International Agreement on Government Procurement: An Assessment of Its Commercial Value and U.S. Government Implementation.

Abstract

The Government Procurement Agreement, although an important policy step toward less restrictive trade, has not had the commercial impact originally anticipated. The signatories opened a far smaller value of procurements to foreign competition than expected, and most procurements did not represent legitimate new trade opportunities. Nevertheless, the Agreement has some commercial value. The U.S. government needs to improve implementation of the Agreement. GAO recommends that U.S. embassies upgrade their efforts to monitor foreign government compliance and that the Dept of Commerce focus its assistance on those firms best able to benefit from the Agreement. It also concludes that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative should seek improvements to the information provided by foreign governments used in analyzing the relative benefits of U.S. participation in the Agreement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 16, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145455

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Economic Development
  • European Communities
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • Marketing
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • President (United States)
  • Trade Associations
  • Trade Policy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.