United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-05-19 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-GGD-94-155 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-155 P0b002ee18037180a f:tgg94155 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-155 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-155 T-GGD-94-155 Government procurement Foreign trade agreements International trade International economic relations Buy American International agreements Federal procurement policies Procurement regulation Restrictive trade practices Foreign governments North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA Testimony GGD The value of the original General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Tokyo Round Agreement, or code, on Government Procurement in 1979 did not meet expectations. That situation led to title VII of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, which requires an annual report identifying countries that discriminate against U.S. goods and services and the imposition of sanctions if negotiations fail to end the discriminatory procurement practices. The United States also negotiated in the Uruguay Round to improve the code. This testimony presents GAO's preliminary analysis of recent negotiations involving international government procurement and GAO's observations about the President's April 1994 title VII report on discrimination in foreign government procurement. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-155/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-155.htm GAO/T-GGD-94-155 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-155 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-94-155; International Trade: Efforts to Open Foreign Procurement Markets; Government procurement Foreign trade agreements International trade International economic relations Buy American International agreements Federal procurement policies Procurement regulation Restrictive trade practices Foreign governments North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA