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The Limited Case for Permitting SME Procurement Preferences in the WTO Agreement on Government Procu
Last edited Sun May 22, 2016, 10:33 AM - Edit history (1)
The Limited Case for Permitting SME Procurement Preferences in the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228121888
Women and minority owned businesses may lose their preferential carve outs in government procurement under the new globalization rules.
Additionally, there are other Historically Disadvantaged Individuals who should get help. Otherwise a lot of work that's currently done my Americans will be contracted out at low wages to low low bidding foreign firms.
Debt burdened Americans can't work for such low wages and won't get those jobs.
