Essays Tagged: "Government procurement"

Free trade area of the americas and Brazil.

etween all participating countries.- 9 FTAA negotiated groups: market access; investment; services; government procurement; dispute settlement; agriculture; intellectual property rights; subsidies, an ... the potential competition onslaught that would be unleashed by the abandoning on tariff barriers.- government remains skeptical about the potential trade benefits- whether or not to join FTAA ultimat ...

(1 pages) 84 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Sales distribution Channel,Taxes, Quota, Tariffs in Korean Seafood

ntry competition is only a few flight-hours away. In addition, for sectors that involve any type of government procurement, an entity must be registered with the Korean government in order to bid on t ... shable fruits and vegetables, which take a maximum of five days), and sometimes up to two months.3. Government regulations that delay import clearance and add costs: Korean Ministry of Health and Welf ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

FTAA

FTAA's nine groups cover the following topics: agriculture, competition policy, dispute settlement, government procurement, intellectual property rights, investment, market access, services, subsidies ... greater corporate control. The rules developed by the FTAA neglect social services and prevent the government from regulating health, labor and the environment, while encouraging deregulation and pri ...

(3 pages) 58 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Implications and Issues of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement

ctured goods, substantial reductions in tariffs on agricultural goods, removal of discrimination in government procurement, enhanced intellectual property protection and improved access for services. ... was expected that a 'plain English' version of the Agreement will be available on Australian and US Government websites shortly. As published on www.aar.com.au (2004), some of the key points under the ...

(13 pages) 162 1 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms

The existence of discriminatory regulatory policy by governments is perhaps the largest single barrier to international trade in services, and can have a ... verseas can include restrictive trade and investment rules, controls on the transfer of technology, government procurement policies, prejudicial tax structure, incompatible environmental and health po ... tation industries have tended to have more regulatory barriers imposed on them than other services. Government monopoly and control of many basic services has also worked to create market distortions ...

(5 pages) 372 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Mexico since NAFTA

up the U.S.-Mexico border to trade in services i.e. telecommunications. It has established rules on government procurement and intellectual property rights. These are just a few of the changes that NA ... isis… The economic conditions expected to be imposed by the IMF and World Bank mean that the government will effectively share control of its destiny for many months to come" (World Trade Organ ...

(4 pages) 88 0 4.7 Sep/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

The Web is an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that the Web be accessible ... of 1973, in 1998.Section 508 addresses legal compliance through the process of market research and government procurement and also has technical standards against which products can be evaluated to d ...

(4 pages) 14 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

similarities between monopoly and oligopoly

n wises to especially in the private business sector but Public procurement is the process by which government buys goods, works, services using public fund and these are bound by rules and regulation ... discharging of duties as an act of poor procurement will rapidly increase the cost of buying in the government production units/organization. This will mean that when the due processes are not practic ...

(15 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Roles of AU QS

complete bill of quantities with certain amounts of materials, labors, and equipment needed. 4. As Procurement Manager This role majors in tendering, bidding, procurement, and contract administration ... re programming, dispute resolution, depreciation analysis, taxation appraisal, insurance valuation, procurement tendering expert panel, risk and quality management, facility management, on-site cost c ...

(7 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Civil Engineering