Does the Obama 'Buy American' Plan Signal Problems for Offshore Outsourcing? (Analyst Opinion)

Publication Date	February 2009
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	2
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT14436

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Summary

Introduction
This piece discusses the possibilities of the Obama administration implementing legislation that could impede the ability of outsourced contact center vendors to deliver services to American end-users from overseas.

Scope

The Obama 'Buy American' plan has the potential to worry outsourcers about potentially overly protectionist legislation.

However, the political orientation of the Obama cabinet, coupled with the legal challenges of restricting trade make such provisions unlikely.

Highlights

The 'Buy American' provisions included in the Obama stimulus bill could be seen as a move to protectionism, but are unlikely to feed into anti-offshoring legislation.