Guyana is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

According to Art. 39.6 (b) of the Procurement Act 2003, there is a 10% margin of preference for domestic providers or domestically produced goods. However, it is reported that this margin is rarely utilised.

Under Art. 11 of the Small Business Act 2004, the Government must use its best endeavours to ensure that at least 20% of its annual procurement of goods, services and works is sourced from small businesses. To support this objective, the Small Business Council is required to prepare an annual Small Business Procurement Programme.
In addition, Art. 3A of the Procurement Act 2003, introduced by Art. 2 of the Procurement (Amendment) Act 2019, requires procuring entities to purchase specified goods and services exclusively from small businesses approved under the Small Business Act 2004.
Under Art. 2 of the Small Business Act, a qualifying small business must operate in Guyana and be incorporated or registered under the relevant Guyanese legislation. Accordingly, cross-border foreign suppliers are excluded from procurement reserved for small businesses, although a foreign-owned company established and registered in Guyana may potentially qualify.
Official implementation materials indicated that government contracts valued at up to GYD 30 million (approx. USD 144,000) would be reserved for small businesses. However, no regulations specifying the goods and services covered by Art. 3A have been identified.

Concerns regarding inefficiencies, corruption and non-transparency in Guyana’s public procurement system have been reported since at least 2011, when the Auditor General was cited as identifying continued disregard for the procedures, rules and laws governing public procurement. Since 2019, reports have also highlighted inefficiencies, possible collusion and non-transparency in contract-award procedures. More specifically, since 2022, government tender processes have been described as slow and opaque, with tenders sometimes changing, expiring or being reissued without timely decisions or adequate communication to bidders. Reports of procurement breaches and contract overpayments continued to be identified in 2025.

Guyana is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement, nor does it have observer status.

According to Art. 12 of the Investment Act, an investment company may be wholly owned by foreign or domestic investors. According to Art. 5 of the Companies Act, incorporation in Guyana does not require residency, but according to Art. 312 external companies must register with the government to conduct business in the country. Under the Business Registration Act, Guyanese companies must use the real surnames of their incorporators or be registered with the government.

In accordance with Art. 214 of the Guatemalan Commercial Code, companies legally constituted abroad that wish to establish or operate in any form in the country, or to have one or more branches or agencies, must have at least one representative permanently in the country.

The Consumer and User Protection Law provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions

Guatemala has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Guatemala has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Guatemala has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Art. 39 of the Annex to Resolution JM-194-2021—entitled the Regulation for Technology Risk Management—stipulates that, in cases where technological services process and/or store information using infrastructure located outside the national territory, the institution (including banks, financial companies, offshore entities, and companies specialising in financial services that are part of an economic group) must obtain prior authorisation from the Superintendency of Banks.

Guatemala lacks binding commitments on open transfers of cross-border data flows. Art. 15.5(d) of the Free Trade Agreement between the United Mexican States and the Republics of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua establishes that the work to maintain cross-border information flows is an essential element in promoting a dynamic environment for electronic commerce.

Guatemala does not have a comprehensive regime in place for all personal data, but it has sectoral regulations. These include:
- the Guatemalan Constitution;
- the Criminal Procedure Code;
- the Criminal Code;
- Law of the National Registry of Persons;
- Decree No. 57-2000 on Industrial Property Law.
- Law on Access to Public Information (applicable solely to State entities or entities funded by the State, addresses the issue in certain provisions)
Additionally, there is a pending data protection bill, Initiative 4090-2009 Personal Data Protection Law, currently under consideration by the Legislative Assembly.