• The broad objective of negotiations in government procurement is to expand access to the government procurement markets of the FTAA countries.

More specifically, the objectives are:

• To achieve a normative framework that ensures openness and transparency of government procurement processes, without necessarily implying the establishment of identical government procurement systems in all countries;

• To ensure non-discrimination in government procurement within a scope to be negotiated;

• To ensure impartial and fair review for the resolution of procurement complaints and appeals by suppliers and the effective implementation of such resolutions.

Nineteenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
16-18 September 2002
Press Communiqué

Eighteenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
24-26 July 2002
Press Communiqué

Seventeenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
26-28 June 2002
Press Communiqué

Sixteenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
6-8 February 2002
Press Communiqué

Fifteenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
12-14 December 2001
Press Communiqué

Fourteenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
23-25 October 2001
Press Communiqué

Thirteenth Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
13-15 August 2001
Press Communiqué

Twelvth  Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
18-20 June 2001
Press Communiqué

Eleventh  Meeting, Panama City, Panama,
17-18 May 2001
Press Communiqué