Handel i polityka gospodarcza · 10.12.1998

World Trade Organization (WTO)

The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is providing notice of the U.S. intention to develop proposals and positions related to negotiations on government procurement issues under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Committee of Participants of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) are engaged in negotiations on the potential improvement of that Agreement, as provided for in Article XXIV.7(b) of that Agreement. The current text of the GPA is available on the WTO world wide web site, at www.wto.org/wto/govt/ agreem.htm. Currently, there are 26 participants in the GPA (see the supplementary information, below). As previously noted in section IV of the TPSC's August 19, 1998 notice of preparations for the third Ministerial Conference of the WTO (Federal Register, Volume 63, number 160, pages 44500-44502), the TPSC is also developing proposals and positions related to WTO consultations and negotiations on transparency in government procurement under the ongoing WTO work program agreed at the December 1996 WTO Ministerial Conference in Singapore. The TPSC invites public comment regarding the development of the agenda, scope, content and timetables for these