Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword by Pascal Lamy
- Perspective of the Chairman of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, Nicholas Niggli (Switzerland)
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- PART I The WTO regime on government procurement
- PART II Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage
- 2 Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the Agreement on Government Procurement
- 3 Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of China
- 4 India's possible accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: what are the pros and cons?
- 5 The benefits for developing countries of accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of Chinese Taipei
- 6 The coverage negotiations under the Agreement on Government Procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects
- 7 Canada's sub-central government entities and the Agreement on Government Procurement: past and present
- 8 The procurement of state trading enterprises under the WTO Agreements: a proposal for a way forward
- 9 Addressing purchasing arrangements between public sector entities: what can the WTO learn from the EU's experience?
- PART III Revision of the procedural rules and other transparency provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement
- PART IV Developing countries in the WTO procurement regime
- PART V Economic and social development (horizontal policies) in government procurement
- PART VI Enforcement and remedies
- PART VII Multilateralism and regionalism
- PART VIII Challenges and new directions
- Index
2 - Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the Agreement on Government Procurement
from PART II - Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword by Pascal Lamy
- Perspective of the Chairman of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, Nicholas Niggli (Switzerland)
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- PART I The WTO regime on government procurement
- PART II Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage
- 2 Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the Agreement on Government Procurement
- 3 Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of China
- 4 India's possible accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: what are the pros and cons?
- 5 The benefits for developing countries of accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of Chinese Taipei
- 6 The coverage negotiations under the Agreement on Government Procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects
- 7 Canada's sub-central government entities and the Agreement on Government Procurement: past and present
- 8 The procurement of state trading enterprises under the WTO Agreements: a proposal for a way forward
- 9 Addressing purchasing arrangements between public sector entities: what can the WTO learn from the EU's experience?
- PART III Revision of the procedural rules and other transparency provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement
- PART IV Developing countries in the WTO procurement regime
- PART V Economic and social development (horizontal policies) in government procurement
- PART VI Enforcement and remedies
- PART VII Multilateralism and regionalism
- PART VIII Challenges and new directions
- Index
Summary
Introduction
The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is on the cusp of a significant expansion in its membership. The accession of Chinese Taipei took effect on 15 July 2009. Currently, nine other WTO Members have applied for accession to the Agreement: Albania, Armenia, China, Georgia, Jordan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Oman and Panama. In addition, a further five WTO Members have provisions in their respective Protocols of Accession to the WTO which call for them eventually to seek accession to the GPA. These additional Members are: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Mongolia, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. The accession of these WTO Members has the potential to transform what has, until now, been largely a developed countries' club into a quasi-multilateral agreement with an important component of developing and transition economy members. The Agreement is, therefore, a key tool for promoting competition and good governance in such countries' economies, with potentially major significance for their development and growth.
The prospect of these accessions raises important questions for both the acceding countries and the existing Parties to the Agreement. The accession candidates need to understand the accession process, what they potentially have to gain and also what (if any) risks they run and costs they will incur. The existing Parties need to make judgements about the coverage commitments that will be deemed adequate and the types and extent of transitional measures to which they will agree in particular cases.
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- The WTO Regime on Government ProcurementChallenge and Reform, pp. 61 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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