The European Union’s international procurement initiative *

European Union - May 3 2012
Some call it the new international procurement market opening instrument; others the new foreign procurement defence instrument.

Co-authors: Nicolas Pourbaix.

The EU's international procurement initiative: opening foreign markets or acting as a new EU trade barrier? *

European Union - March 26 2012
On 21 March 2012, the European Commission ("Commission") adopted a proposal (“Proposal”) for a new regulation in the area of public procurement creating a dual mechanism whereby, on the one hand, EU national contracting authorities could reject bids of non-EU businesses to EU procurement contracts and, on the other hand, the Commission would increase its leverage in negotiating greater access for EU businesses to foreign procurement markets.

Co-authors: Lourdes Catrain, Marcus Sohlberg, Nicolas Pourbaix.