Ron Watermayer (F), SAICE President, reports from South Africa on the case for rethinking World Trade Organisation government procurement agreements, developed at a series of international meetings The CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics and Environment embarked on a research project on two of the so-called Singapore issues, namely transparency in government procurement (TGP) and trade facilitation (TF) called IWOGDA (International Working Group on the Doha Agenda). The first part of this programme dealt with investment and competition policy and resulted in the publication of the report Putting our fears on the table (CUTS, 2003). The second part of the project, IWOGDA Ⅱ, brought together experts on TGP and TF, to inform about the issues and stimulate debate.
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