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Tempering 'Buy American' In The Recovery Act - Steering Clear Of A Trade War, Steven L. Schooner, Christopher R. Yukins
Tempering 'Buy American' In The Recovery Act - Steering Clear Of A Trade War, Steven L. Schooner, Christopher R. Yukins
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The controversial 'Buy American requirements in Section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 threaten to stir protectionism leading to an outright trade war. This could be catastrophic in the current economic crisis, particularly since the Obama administration does not appear to beleive that additional domestic preferences are needed for U.S. procurement. The pending challenge for federal regulators, therefore, will be to craft a rule that contains the Recovery Act's international impact, while implementing Congress' intent. The authors suggest that the optimal approach seems to be the most simple: to fold new procurement under the Recovery Act …
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues (2008), Steven L. Schooner, David J. Berteau
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues (2008), Steven L. Schooner, David J. Berteau
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This paper, presented at the West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2008), attempts to identify the key trends and issues for 2009 in U.S. federal procurement. In large part, the paper focuses upon the challenges facing the incoming Obama administration, which faces a number of interrelated, critical, systemic challenges that pervade the acquisition landscape. Federal procurement spending has exploded in this decade. As a result - and, in addition to decisions made during the 1990's - the Government is heavily outsourced, dependent upon contractors to an extent - in degree and in type - that makes many uncomfortable. …
The European Defense Procurement Directive: An American Perspective, Christopher R. Yukins
The European Defense Procurement Directive: An American Perspective, Christopher R. Yukins
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On August 21, the new European directive on defense and security procurement, Directive 2009/81/EC, entered into force. See, e.g.,EU Adopts New Defense and Security Procurement Directive, 6 IGC ¶ 65. Previously, most European defense procurement was considered exempt from the European procurement directives that have harmonized procurement, with greater transparency and competition, across Europe. Under the new defense directive, all but the most sensitive defense and security procurements in Europe will have to be conducted under rules consistent with the new directive.
From an American vantage point, however, it is not yet clear how the new directive will be implemented. …