WTO Posts Proposed Revisions to Government Procurement Agreement
The World Trade Organization has posted proposed revisions to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, which was last updated in 2006. The Committee on Government Procurement notes that Article XXII of the revised Agreement (Final Provisions) still remains subject to discussion and that adoption of the final text is subject to a mutually satisfactory outcome to the related negotiations on the coverage of the Agreement.
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(Note that China, which is not yet a member of the GPA, has recently agreed to submit a more robust, second revised offer before the Committee's final meeting in 2011. See ITT's Online Archives or 12/16/10 news, 10121638, for BP summary.) (May have to click twice on source document for proper viewing.)