Handel i polityka gospodarcza · 13/06/1995

Request for Public Comment Regarding Proposed Change to Threshold Under Chapter 10 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

NAFTA Chapter 10 sets forth obligations of the United States, Canada and Mexico on government procurement. The scope and coverage of Chapter 10 is specified in Article 1001, which refers to entities and to goods, services and construction definitions, as set out in the annexes to the Chapter. Article 1001 also specifies value thresholds for determining coverage of individual contracts. Article 1001:1(c)(i) specifies that contracts for goods and services procured by federal government entities are covered if they exceed the threshold of $50,000. The parties to the NAFTA have discussed increasing this threshold to $100,000 to reduce the administrative burden associated with implementation of Chapter 10 and to allow for simplification of acquisition procedures for contracts between $100,000.