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Book SynopsisThis study offers a comparative insight into the regulation of defence procurement in the US and EU and significantly contributes to the contemporary debate on barriers to transatlantic trade. Primarily aimed at lawyers interested in procurement and international trade, acquisition professionals and researchers.
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The transatlantic defence market in the context of defence trade cooperation; 2. Sources of EU defence procurement law; 3. Excluded contracts under the defence directive and cooperative procurement; 4. Third country modes of participation in the EU market for defence procurement; 5. The defence directive as a potential barrier to trade with the United States; 6. Sources of US federal defence procurement law; 7. Foreign participation in open competition under US law; 8. Non-competitive procurement under US law; 9. US law on foreign acquisition; 10. Government-to-government contracts and offsets; 11. Regulating defence procurement in a transatlantic defence market and beyond: plotting a legal discourse.
