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Steptoe & Johnson LLP 

Country of origin requirements for US government procurements: intangible software

WTO GPA (Revised) 

Article IV — General Principles

Rules of Origin

5. For purposes of covered procurement, a Party shall not apply rules of origin to goods or services imported from or supplied from another Party that are different from the rules of origin the Party applies at the same time in the normal course of trade to imports or supplies of the same goods or services from the same Party.

TPP Government Procurement Chapter

Article 15.4: General Principles

Rules of Origin

5. Each Party shall apply to covered procurement of a good the rules of
origin that it applies in the normal course of trade to that good.