Brazil's accession to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) will not, in principle, require changes to legislation. The clarification was made by the Special Secretariat for Foreign Trade and International Affairs of the Ministry of Economy of the country.
The measure was announced this week by Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. With 48 member countries so far, The ACP aims to promote mutual openness of government procurement (carried out by the public sector), regardless of their origin, the imposition of barriers for imported articles or the margin of preference for national products.
Announcing the commitment to join the ACP, Minister Paulo Guedes said that the measure will generate savings for the government and a reducing corruption, as well as expanding Brazil's trade integrationAccording to the Ministry of Economy, negotiations with the 48 ACP members will begin shortly after formal notification of Brazil's request to join the agreement and will involve federal, state and municipal agencies, in partnership with the private sector.
Although it is not necessary to change the legislation on public procurement at first, the Special Secretariat for Foreign Trade reported that thethe negotiations They can identify possible changes in the rules or in the bidding mechanism, should ACP countries request broader conditions than those public sector procurement agreements already negotiated by Brazil.
At present, Brazil has public procurement agreements with Chile, Peru and MercosurThe trade agreements recently signed by Mercosur with the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have chapters on the subject.
Source: Brazil Agency
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