# Subpart 725.4—Trade Agreements

## 725.401 Exceptions.

FAR subpart 25.4 establishes procedures for purchases of supplies under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (including the World Trade Organization's Government Procurement Agreement) and the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, as approved by Congress in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (Government Procurement Agreement applicable only to United States and Mexico) (Pub. L. 116-113) (19 U.S.C. chapter 29 (sections 4501-4732)). Consistent with these agreements, USAID operating expense-funded administrative procurements for supplies for use in the United States are subject to the procedures in FAR part 25, unless otherwise excepted in FAR subpart 25.4. USAID program-funded contracts for the purpose of providing foreign assistance are not subject to the procedures set forth in FAR subpart 25.4