The Multilateralist
Robert D. Anderson
Part-time academic; independent consultant and trainer
RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
Recently authored book
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Anderson, Robert D., Alison Jones and William E. Kovacic, Combatting Corruption and Collusion in Public Procurement: A Challenge for Governments Worldwide (Oxford University Press, 2024). See https://academic.oup.com/book/57840 (Oxford Academic) and https://a.co/d/cjfjAwR (Amazon).
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Edited research volumes
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Anderson, Robert D., Antony Taubman and Nuno Carvalho, eds., Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in Today's Global Economy (to be published jointly by Cambridge University Press, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO in 2021). See https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/competition-policy-and-intellectual-property-in-todays-global-economy/259A699B2732F14EA570582F027EE4C0
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Arrowsmith, Sue and Robert D. Anderson, eds., The WTO Regime on Government Procurement: Challenge and Reform (Cambridge University Press and the WTO, 2011). Information available here: https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/gproc_regime_e.htm.
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Anderson, Robert D. and Nancy Gallini, eds., Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-based Economy (University of Calgary Press for the Industry Canada Research Series, 1998). https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Intellectual-Property-Knowledge-Based-Industry/dp/1895176972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542474367&sr=8-1&keywords=Anderson%2C+Robert+D.+and+Nancy+Gallini.
​Recent/forthcoming articles
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Anderson, Robert D., Antonella Salgueiro, Steven Schooner and Marc Steiner, "Deploying the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) to Enhance Sustainability and Accelerate Climate Change Mitigation," 32 Public Procurement Law Review 223 (2023). See https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4551032
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Anderson, Robert D., Philippe Pelletier and Christopher R. Yukins, "Government Procurement in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: A Global Beachhead for Market Access and Good Governance", in The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement: Its Substance and Impact on International Trade, NAFTA and Other FTAs, Prof David A. Gantz & Dr Jorge Huerta Goldman (eds.), Cambridge University Press (2021).
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Anderson, Robert D., William E. Kovacic and Antonella Salgueiro, “Competition policy in relation to public procurement: an essential element of the policy framework for addressing COVID-19 and its aftermath,” in Sue Arrowsmith et al, eds., Public Procurement in (a) Crisis: global lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic (2021).
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Anderson, Robert D., "The UK’s New Role in the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement: Understanding the Story and Seizing the Opportunity," (2021) 30 Public Procurement Law Review, Issue 3, 2021.
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Anderson, Robert D., William E. Kovacic, Anna Caroline Muller, Antonella Salgueiro and Nadezhda Sporysheva, "Competition Policy and the Global Economy: Current Developments and Issues for Reflection," George Washington Law Review, November 2020, Vol. 88 No. 6, pp. 1421-1476; available here: https://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/88-Geo.-Wash.-L.-Rev.-1421.pdf.
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Robert Anderson and Christopher Yukins, "Withdrawing the United States from the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Assessing Potential Damage to the U.S. and Its Contracting Community," 62 Gov. Contractor para. 35 (Feb. 12, 2020); available here: https://publicprocurementinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Anderson-Yukins-US-Withdrawal-GPA-As-Published-TGC62-6-35.pdf.
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Anderson, Robert D., Alison Jones and William E. Kovacic, “Preventing Corruption, Supplier Collusion and the Corrosion of Civic Trust: A Pro-competitive Program to Improve the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Public Procurement.” (2019) 26(4) George Mason Law Review 1233, TLI Think! Paper 5/2019, King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 19-14, Available here: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3289170.
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Anderson, Robert D. and Nadezhda Sporysheva, "The revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement: evolving global footprint, economic impact and policy significance" (2019) 28 Public Procurement Law Review 71.
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Anderson, Robert D., Anna Caroline Müller, William E. Kovacic and Nadezhda Sporysheva, "Competition policy, trade and the global economy: Existing WTO elements, commitments in regional trade agreements, current challenges and issues for reflection", WTO Working Paper, ERSD-2018-12, available at https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/ersd201812_e.htm. (74 pp.)
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Anderson, Robert D. and William E. Kovacic, "The application of competition policy vis-à-vis intellectual property rights: the evolution of thought underlying policy change," forthcoming in Robert D. Anderson, Antony Taubman and Nuno Carvalho, eds., Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in Today's Global Economy (to be published jointly by Cambridge University Press, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO in 2021), chapter 4 (Preliminary text available here: https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/wpaps_e.htm ).