Handel i polityka gospodarcza · 07/02/1995

Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC); Request for Comments Concerning Foreign Government Discrimination in Procurement

This notice requests written submissions from the public concerning discrimination against U.S. products and services by foreign governments in their procurement practices. This information will be used in compiling the annual report on government procurement specified by Section 305 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (Trade Agreements Act), as amended by Title VII of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and Title III, Section 341 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994 (19 U.S.C. 2515). Section 305 of the Trade Agreements Act requires the President to submit an annual report on the extent to which foreign countries discriminate against U.S. products or services in making government procurement. Section 341 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act specifies that the report also contain information about countries which employ nontransparent procurement procedures or fail to maintain effective prohibitions on bribery and other corrupt practices. Specifically, the President is required to identify any countries that: (a) Are signatories to the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement (Agreement) and are not in compliance with the requirements of the Agreement; (b) Are si