Trade Agreements Act & GSA

What is the TAA act and why is it important?

GSA Schedule Contracts are subject to the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), meaning all products listed on the GSA Schedule Contract must be manufactured or “substantially transformed” in the United States or a TAA “designated country”. The designated TAA compliant countries are composed of:

World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement Countries;
Free Trade Agreement Countries;
Least Developed Countries; and
Caribbean Basin Countries

TAA Designated Country List

The list below has been pulled from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and was last updated November 2016 with the addition of Moldova and Ukraine and is current as of September 2021.

Afghanistan	Finland	New Zealand
Angola	France	Nicaragua
Antigua & Barbuda	Gambia	Niger
Armenia	Germany	Norway
Aruba	Greece	Oman
Australia	Grenada	Panama
Austria	Guatemala	Peru
Bahamas	Guinea	Poland
Bahrain	Guinea-Bissau	Portugal
Bangladesh	Guyana	Romania
Barbados	Haiti	Rwanda
Belgium	Honduras	Saba
Belize	Hong Kong	Samoa
Benin	Hungary	Sao Tome & Principe
Bhutan	Iceland	Senegal
Bonaire	Ireland	Sierra Leone
British Virgin Islands	Israel	Singapore
Bulgaria	Italy	Sint Eustatius
Burkina Faso	Jamaica	Sint Maarten
Burundi	Japan	Slovak Republic
Cambodia	Kiribati	Slovenia
Canada	Korea (Republic of)	Solomon Islands
Central African Republic	Laos	Somalia
Chad	Latvia	South Sudan
Chile	Lesotho	Spain
Colombia	Liberia	St. Kitts & Nevis
Comoros	Liechtenstein	St. Lucia
Costa Rica	Lithuania	St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Croatia	Luxembourg	Sweden
Curacao	Madagascar	Switzerland
Cyprus	Malawi	Taiwan
Czech Republic	Mali	Tanzania
Democratic Republic of Congo	Malta	Timor-Leste
Denmark	Mauritania	Togo
Djibouti	Mexico	Trinidad & Tobago
Dominica	Moldova	Tuvalu
Dominican Republic	Montenegro	Uganda
El Salvador	Montserrat	Ukraine
Equatorial Guinea	Morocco	United Kingdom
Eritrea	Mozambique	Vanuatu
Estonia	Nepal	Yemen
Ethiopia	Netherlands	Zambia