Spotlight On Your State: Virginia

Procurement

International trade agreements can bind state policies to restrictive government procurement rules.

• Virginia is not bound by CAFTA’s restrictive procurement rules or the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement (AGP) – good news for Virginia taxpayers.
   

Letters:

• (09/17/03) – Gov. Warner’s letter to USTR Zoellick refusing to sign onto CAFTA’s restrictive procurement rules

Services

Under the WTO GATS state policies can be bound to international rules on service-sectors

Letters:

• (07/02/03) – Letter from the National Association of Attorneys General to USTR Zoellick on GATS