UK Issues Guidance on Industry Participation in WTO Government Procurement Agreement During Brexit Transition Period
The United Kingdom's Department for International Trade issued a Jan. 29 guidance on bidding for overseas contracts during the Brexit transition period. During the transition, U.K. companies will continue to have access to government procurement agreements “in the same way…
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as if the UK were a Member State of the [European Union],” the notice said. The U.K. said it intends to join the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement -- an agreement among 20 WTO members -- as an “independent member” at the end of the transition period.