Download This PaperA Hidden Statutory Bar to Private Causes of Action for Breaches of the WTO's Agreement on Government Procurement
63 Pages Posted: 15 May 2015 Last revised: 14 Nov 2015
Date Written: January 12, 2015
Abstract
Liberalizing public procurement is free trade’s final frontier. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the largest free-trade agreement under negotiation. Talks will not progress without reaching an agreement on public procurement. U.S. law contains a hidden bar to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement’s (GPA) challenge procedures. This statutory bar could be a deal breaker for TTIP negotiations.
Keywords: Government Procurement, Free Trade, TTIP, WTO GPA, EU
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Schoeni, Daniel, A Hidden Statutory Bar to Private Causes of Action for Breaches of the WTO's Agreement on Government Procurement (January 12, 2015). 37 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 295 (2015), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2606063
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