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13. Thats on the national level, that might still apply for procurements below some threshold

I don't know. To say this stuff is complicated is an understatement.

By the way, FTAS last forever, they cannot be reversed..

So, 21 years in the past doesnt matter. That deal is in some senses not even finished yet- the talks on the details - the negotiations on implementations are not even done yet.. That is why ten years ago- in frustration, the US, wanting a binding agreement on things like health care and state owned enterprises (stopping them) - as the lead member of a group called "Friends of Services" they started a second set of related negotiations, in Geneva for a plurilateral services agreement, which now are almost done. "trade in service Agreement" or TiSA.

Services are 70% of all jobs. "Everything you cannot drop on your foot".

Why don't you Google it? There are a number of presentations out here by experts on it. the WTO GPA web sie has an e-portal for firms involved in tendering bids and countries to meet up.

Yesterday I posted a publication intended for women owned businesses to help them, it definitely also applies for minority owned businesses - it would be worth reading.

the whole area of disciplines on domestic regulation is extremely worth reading to see how they think. Everything changes. I would look at Sanya Reid Smith's videos on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Sanya+Reid+Smith%22