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IATP, et al

Public Procurement is a key component of the TTIP negotiations and an area where almost all
Member States have offensive interests, and in consequence the EU has been requesting a
substantial market opening outcome in this area. However, to counter such request, there have
been some claims like the following:

  • The US market is already more open than that of the EU, and
  • European companies are already very successful in the US procurement market so that
    market access obstacles are not an issue.

Such claims cannot be substantiated for the reasons explained below. Entertaining long
discussions about the openness of our markets or about figures on procurement is a distraction
from the priority, which should be how to provide new significant market access opportunities.

A policy brief was also published by CEPS regarding claims of relative foreign penetration of the
EU and US procurement markets, a summary of which is attached.

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