Public Procurement in the EPAs: Assessing the Potential Impact, by Stephen Woolcock

New Study from the Commonwealth Secretariat:

Government Procurement, one of the ‘Singapore Issues’ that was resisted from being included in the WTO DDA negotiations by developing countries are being negotiated within Free Trade Area Agreements. This paper analyses the likely costs and benefits for ACP states of incorporating within the EPAs, any possible rules on the ACP procurement policies and suggests some recommendations for possible consideration.

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*Professor Stephen Woolcock is a Lecturer in International Relations and is the Head, International Trade Policy Unit at LSE, UK; s.b.woolcock@lse.ac.uk. The views expressed in the attached paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Commonwealth Secretariat or its member governments.

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