The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia

Government procurement (GP) is one of the most controversial areas in TPPA, particularly for Malaysia where government procurement activities contribute significantly to the development and growth of businesses and the economy a whole. This paper seeks to investigate the impact of the TPPA on Malays...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin, Ahamat, Haniff
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-545142017-01-18T01:10:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/ The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff K Law (General) Government procurement (GP) is one of the most controversial areas in TPPA, particularly for Malaysia where government procurement activities contribute significantly to the development and growth of businesses and the economy a whole. This paper seeks to investigate the impact of the TPPA on Malaysian government procurement rules. While efficiency, competition, and effectiveness will be the rule of the game, the GP Chapter of TPPA can make the Malaysian legal framework regulating GP more predictable, accessible and transparent, giving value for money to consumers and taxpayers. This paper, however, will explore the challenges to procuring entities who have to comply with higher international standards when awarding contracts and to the recipients of those contracts among local companies including Bumiputera companies as they have to brace for an open GP market post-TPPA. There are flexibilities offered by the GP Chapter, but there will be an issue whether those flexibilities could help balance between the positive and negative effects of the Chapter on Malaysia. 2016-05-16 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/2/AWRN%20Conference%20on%20TPPA%20Hong%20Kong%2016-17%20May%202016.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/7/54514_THE%20TRANSPACIFIC%20PARTNERSHIP%20AGREEMENT%20%28TPPA%29.pdf Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin and Ahamat, Haniff (2016) The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia. In: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): A Paradigm Shift in International Trade Regulation?, 16th-17th May 2016, Hong Kong, China. (Unpublished) http://investmentpolicyhub.unctad.org/EventsCalendar/Details/493
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description	Government procurement (GP) is one of the most controversial areas in TPPA, particularly for Malaysia where government procurement activities contribute significantly to the development and growth of businesses and the economy a whole. This paper seeks to investigate the impact of the TPPA on Malaysian government procurement rules. While efficiency, competition, and effectiveness will be the rule of the game, the GP Chapter of TPPA can make the Malaysian legal framework regulating GP more predictable, accessible and transparent, giving value for money to consumers and taxpayers. This paper, however, will explore the challenges to procuring entities who have to comply with higher international standards when awarding contracts and to the recipients of those contracts among local companies including Bumiputera companies as they have to brace for an open GP market post-TPPA. There are flexibilities offered by the GP Chapter, but there will be an issue whether those flexibilities could help balance between the positive and negative effects of the Chapter on Malaysia.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff
author_facet	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff
author_sort	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
title	The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia
title_short	The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia
title_full	The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and government procurement in Malaysia
title_sort	transpacific partnership agreement (tppa) and government procurement in malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/2/AWRN%20Conference%20on%20TPPA%20Hong%20Kong%2016-17%20May%202016.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54514/7/54514_THE%20TRANSPACIFIC%20PARTNERSHIP%20AGREEMENT%20%28TPPA%29.pdf
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