Parties to government procurement pact approve UK’s terms of participation post-Brexit

At a meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Government Procurement on 27 November 2018, parties to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) approved in principle the United Kingdom’s final market access offer to take part in the GPA, in its own right, following its departure from the European Union. Parties to the Agreement are now deliberating on the language of a decision to be put for formal acceptance at a later stage. Australia also announced that ratification of its GPA accession is under way.

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