Governmental Buy-national Practices of the United States and Other Countries, an Assessment: Report to the CongressU.S. General Accounting Office, 1976 - 93 стор. |
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Administration agencies agreement ASPR Assistant Secretary Available Domestic Sources barriers bidder Bonneville Power Administration Britain Buy American Act buy-national practices construction contractors contracts cost countries curement Department of Defense domestic and foreign domestic firms domestic industry domestic suppliers draft report economic end products Eschwege favoring domestic fiscal year 1974 foreign bids foreign competition foreign components foreign firms foreign procurement foreign sources foreign-source items France Germany government procurement government purchasing Governmental Procurement heavy electrical equipment imports Jack Eckerd Japan legislation Limit Most Governmental materials ment military million national security nationalized industries NATO OECD practical constraints price differentials procurement officials Procurement Regulations Procurement to Available representatives requirements research and development restrictions reviewed Rogers C. B. Morton specialty metals provision subject to foreign Tennessee Valley Authority tion trading partners U.S. business U.S. firms U.S. Government U.S. industry U.S. manufacture U.S. sources United weapon systems
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Сторінка 65 - a cause" of injury is sufficient. In "escape clause" cases, however, the Commission must determine whether an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry...
Сторінка 54 - March 3, 1933, and the other laws referred to in the first paragraph of the preamble of this order, the bid or offered price of materials of domestic origin shall be deemed to be unreasonable, or the purchase of such materials shall be deemed to be inconsistent with the public interest, If the bid or offered price thereof exceeds the sum of the bid or offered price of like materials of foreign origin and a differential computed as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
Сторінка 70 - States and the component is of a class or kind (1) determined by the Government to be not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (2) as to which the Administrator has determined that it would be inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restrictions of the Buy American Act. (e) "Canadian end product...
Сторінка 67 - That none of the funds herein provided for the construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed In shipyards In the United States shall be expended In foreign shipyards for the construction of major components of the hull or superstructure of such vessel...
Сторінка 55 - ... has determined that it would be inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restrictions of the Buy American Act. (e) "Foreign end product" means an end product other than a domestic source end product.
Сторінка 59 - United States means the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and any areas subject to the complete sovereignty of the United States. (d) Domestic source end product...
Сторінка 70 - Mutual Canadian-American interests. Because of the close geographical proximity of the United States and Canada and of the mutual Interest of both nations in the defense of North America, various steps have been taken during and since World War II to coordinate their economic efforts in the common defense, so as to achieve...
Сторінка 68 - States where such ships are available unless the necessity of his mission requires the use of a ship under a foreign flag : Provided, That the Comptroller General of the United States shall not credit any allowance for travel or shipping expenses incurred on a foreign ship in the absence of satisfactory proof of the necessity therefor.
Сторінка i - September 30, l976) says that the Buy-National practices of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Japan limit foreign competition, thereby increasing costs. Much government procurement is not subject to foreign competition because domestic suppliers have tremendous inherent practical advantages. Although the US should work toward freer trade, GAO does not believe it is desirable to make major unilateral concessions to eliminate US buy-national practices. Evaluation of the Publication...
Сторінка 59 - ... accompanied by a description of the changes in foreign financial laws or practices that would accompany action by the Congress, and by an explanation of the benefits that would accrue to the United States from adoption of the recommendations. (d) CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION. — Nothing in this section may be construed as prior approval of any legislation which may be necessary to implement any recommendations resulting from discussions under this section. SEC. 3604.