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Caveat Emptor: How Cafta Imperils State Recycled Paper Procurement Preferences, Ben Stafford
Caveat Emptor: How Cafta Imperils State Recycled Paper Procurement Preferences, Ben Stafford
Washington Law Review
The federal government's use of its control over foreign commerce increasingly conflicts with powers reserved to the states. Article 9 of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) establishes requirements by which government agencies must abide in procuring goods and services. Specifically, CAFTA Article 9 establishes that procuring entities must afford "national treatment" to goods imported from other CAFTA nations by treating such foreign goods at least as favorably as similar domestic goods. The federal government reached an agreement wherein a number of states became bound by these rules, including fourteen states with state statutes related to governmental procurement preferences …
Caveat Emptor: How Cafta Imperils State Recycled Paper Procurement Preferences, Ben Stafford
Caveat Emptor: How Cafta Imperils State Recycled Paper Procurement Preferences, Ben Stafford
Washington Law Review
The federal government's use of its control over foreign commerce increasingly conflicts with powers reserved to the states. Article 9 of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) establishes requirements by which government agencies must abide in procuring goods and services. Specifically, CAFTA Article 9 establishes that procuring entities must afford "national treatment" to goods imported from other CAFTA nations by treating such foreign goods at least as favorably as similar domestic goods. The federal government reached an agreement wherein a number of states became bound by these rules, including fourteen states with state statutes related to governmental procurement preferences …