The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia

Government procurement (GP) is one of the most controversial areas in TPP, 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 TPP on Malaysia...

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Main Authors:	Ahamat, Haniff, Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2017
Subjects:	HC Economic History and Conditions K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
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spelling	iium-599732017-12-13T02:47:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59973/ The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia Ahamat, Haniff Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin HC Economic History and Conditions K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Government procurement (GP) is one of the most controversial areas in TPP, 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 TPP on Malaysian government procurement rules. While efficiency, competition, and effectiveness will be the rule of the game, the GP Chapter of the TPP 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-TPP. 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. Springer 2017 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59973/1/The%20TPP%20and%20Government%20Procurement%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20Book%20Chapter.pdf Ahamat, Haniff and Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin (2017) The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia. In: Paradigm shift in international economic law rule-making: TPP as a new model for trade agreements? Economics, law, and institutions in Asia Pacific . Springer, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 325-342. ISBN 978-981-10-6730-3 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-6731-0_19
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description	Government procurement (GP) is one of the most controversial areas in TPP, 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 TPP on Malaysian government procurement rules. While efficiency, competition, and effectiveness will be the rule of the game, the GP Chapter of the TPP 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-TPP. 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	Book Chapter
author	Ahamat, Haniff Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
author_facet	Ahamat, Haniff Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
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title	The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia
title_short	The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia
title_full	The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia
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The TPP and government procurement in Malaysia

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