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International Trade: Efforts to Open Foreign Procurement Markets

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 19, 1994
Report No. T-GGD-94-155
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Summary:

The value of the original General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Tokyo Round Agreement, or code, on Government Procurement in 1979 did not meet expectations. That situation led to title VII of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, which requires an annual report identifying countries that discriminate against U.S. goods and services and the imposition of sanctions if negotiations fail to end the discriminatory procurement practices. The United States also negotiated in the Uruguay Round to improve the code. This testimony presents GAO's preliminary analysis of recent negotiations involving international government procurement and GAO's observations about the President's April 1994 title VII report on discrimination in foreign government procurement.

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