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Further Opportunities
Government Procurement
Governments, suppliers, and taxpayers have all benefitted from
the efforts to open government procurement markets. Government procurement
agreements help to ensure that Canadian suppliers of goods and services
are treated in an open, transparent and nondiscriminatory manner
when they sell to governments outside of Canada. The following provides
further information on Canada's government procurement in trade
agreements and negotiations.
WTO - Government Procurement
In the WTO there are three areas of work on government procurement:
the Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement, the
Working Party on GATS Rules, and the Committee on Government Procurement.
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Link to a description
of the three areas of work in the WTO on government procurement
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WTO - Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement
(WGTGP)
At the 1996 Singapore Ministerial, WTO members agreed to study
transparency practices in government procurement and develop
elements for inclusion in an agreement.
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WTO - Agreement on Government Procurement
- WTO - Working Party on GATS Rules (WPGR)
- WTO - Information Paper
- September 2001
Provides Canada's objectives at the WTO Ministerial that took
place in Doha, Qatar from November 9-13, 2001
FTAA - Government Procurement
Canada continues to work on negotiations on government procurement
in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Such an agreement
would improve the access of Canadian firms selling their goods and
services to foreign governments within the hemisphere and ensure
that Canadian suppliers are treated in an open and non-discriminatory
manner.
NAFTA - Government Procurement
NAFTA Chapter 10 provides for Canada, the United States and Mexico
to open markets for government procurement to each other's suppliers.
The agreement specifies the procurement to be opened and a framework
of open and transparent processes that all three Parties have agreed
to follow.
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