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Chapter 10: Government Procurement

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WTO Agreement on Government Procurement

The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (AGP) is a voluntary plurilateral agreement that has been in effect since 1995. A commitment to further negotiations was built into the AGP, and to this end the parties have been working to simplify the text of the agreement and increase market access coverage. Agreement on the revised text was reached in December 2006, and since then the parties have focused on expanding market access coverage.

The parties are also working to expand membership of the AGP, and several countries are currently negotiating accession, including China. Canada will work with acceding countries toward securing equitable market access commitments.

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2009-06-03