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kuschku on March 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: US contractor fined $3.1M for outsourcing work to ...

> There is also the whole "buy American" thing written into most contracts nowadays, but which mostly applies to construction.

Interestingly, both TPP and TTIP make that illegal.

USNetizen on March 27, 2016 [–]

No, they don't. Not for federal contracts, which is governed by a whole different set of rules from the rest of commerce (the FAR vs. UCC).

kuschku on March 27, 2016 | [–]

Wait, so we in Germany can't demand "buy all German" anymore, but the US can demand "buy all American"?

Seriously, I feel like this deal is getting worse all the time.

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