EUROPEAN COMMISSION GETS TOUGH OVER FOREIGN PROCUREMENT DISCRIMINATION – BUT TEXTILE INDUSTRY WANTS FAIR DEALING TO SPRING FROM TRADE DEALS
February 1st, 2016
A new bid by the European Union (EU) to open up public procurement contracts in world markets to all competitors has run into immediate trouble in the textiles sector where the US industry has launched a swift and forceful (though hardly unexpected) rejection of the idea. The EU plan, announced by the European Commission on January 29, proposes an ‘international procurement instrument’ which it describes as a tool to promote open access to public procurement markets around the world. Brussels argues that while the EU is an open economy, "many of the EU's ...
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