Potential Adverse Impact of FTAs on Public Procurement Policies Supporting Made in India
The paper, EU FTA negotiations with India: The question of liberalisation of public procurement (Sangeeta Khorana and Anand N. Asthana, Asia Europe Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2014), highlighted the EU’s insistence on including public procurement within a non-discrimination framework. India’s expanding infrastructure sector presents an opportunity for overseas suppliers to enter a growing market, where a substantial share of expenditure is undertaken by the government through public procurement of inputs.
