International Procurement: Problems in Identifying Foreign Discrimination Against U.S. Companies : Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives

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The Office, 1990 - 32 Seiten
 

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Seite 8 - Administration is committed to achieving a successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Seite 1 - Act of 1988, requires the President to identify, in an annual report, countries that discriminate against US companies in their government procurement practices. Countries identified in the report are subject to sanctions that would limit their access to DS government procurement, if negotiations to correct their inequitable practices are unsuccessful.
Seite 8 - Governments are the largest single purchasers of goods and services in every major country creating a potential annual world market that is in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Most of this vast market has traditionally been closed to foreign businesses by means of formal and informal administrative systems of discrimination in favor of domestic firms.
Seite 24 - BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY April 17, 1991 Mr.
Seite 9 - The International Agreement on Government Procurement: An Assessment of its Commercial Value and US Government Implementation.
Seite 10 - Act of 1974, as amended 13 provides the authority and procedures for the President to enforce US rights under international trade agreements and to respond to certain unfair foreign practices.
Seite 8 - Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and West Germany.
Seite 11 - the Secretary of Defense and the United States Trade Representative consult with one another to determine methods for achieving greater cooperation between them for the purpose of promoting increased reciprocity for US suppliers seeking access to the government procurement markets of foreign countries participating in Department of Defense Memorandum of Understanding...
Seite 9 - Services were covered only when they were incidental to the procurement of supplies and equipment. In addition, the code did not cover military weapons or purchases by State and local governments. Exclusion of certain countries, entities, product sectors, and small procurements, limited the scope of the code's coverage and, consequently, of government procurement opportunities of US suppliers.
Seite 10 - Title VII of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. Title VII amended both the Buy American Act of 1933 and the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.

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