President Donald Trump has escalated the trade confrontation with Canada by ordering a sweeping restriction on Canadian-origin products in U.S. federal procurement, a move that could affect an estimated $50 billion in goods each year.
According to WND, the president announced the directive on Tuesday, targeting what he describes as years of one-sided access for Canadian firms to the lucrative American government marketplace.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump declared: From now on, NO RECIPROCITY NO ACCESS! and laid out a plan to leverage federal purchasing power against Ottawa.
I am hereby directing the GSA (General Services Administration), working with the USTR, to take all necessary steps to REMOVE Canadian-origin products from GSAs Multiple Award Schedules unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies. Those schedules account for more than 50 BILLION DOLLARS a year.
He reiterated the scale of the program, stressing, Those schedules account for more than 50 BILLION DOLLARS a year. This should have been cut off years ago, by other Administrations, like it was by mine, only to reinstituted by Sleepy Joe Biden.
The president framed the move as a long-overdue correction to what he views as systemic abuse of American producers under prior trade arrangements.
Everyone knows that Canada doesnt let our Great Dairy Farmers sell into the Canadian Market, and that the only reason Canada makes Autos is because of previous disastrous Trade Agreements while other Presidents were in Office, he stated, underscoring his longstanding criticism of globalist trade deals.
Trump went further, accusing Canadian authorities of effectively shutting out U.S. small businesses from public-sector contracts while enjoying broad access to American taxpayers dollars.
Canada has been ripping us off for years, but what many do not realize is that the Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets. This is the case even though Canada gets broad access into the massive American Government Procurement Market, including those of our States. That is not reciprocity, it is a Canadian Trade Scam.
His latest order follows a fiery broadside on Monday against Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier, which he portrayed as heavily dependent on American customers while Canada blocks U.S. firms.
NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products arent good enough! Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service All while Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the U.S.A.
Trump also highlighted what he called discriminatory treatment of U.S. aerospace companies north of the border, contrasting it with Canadas privileged access to the U.S. market.
They even blocked Gulfstream Aerospace from doing business in Canada Completely unjust and unfair! That Era is OVER! If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a piggybank. BUY AMERICAN. FLY ON AMERICAN AIRLINERS. ENJOY AMERICAN LIQUOR AND BEVERAGES. SAIL ON LAKE AMERICA. AMERICA FIRST!
In Ottawa, Canadas new prime minister, Mark Carney, attempted to project resilience as he addressed the mounting economic fallout and pledged sustained support for domestic workers.
In a Tuesday morning address, he promised to back Canadians affected by the trade clash for as long as it takes, insisting the country can adapt to the new reality.
We have everything we need to pivot and prosper, Carney indicated. That pivot will come at a cost. Theres always a cost to action, but it doesnt come close to the cost of standing still.
He cast the dispute in nationalistic terms, adding, This is about who we are as Canadians. Its about our livelihoods and the country we leave to our kids.
Carney sought to rally public morale by framing the crisis as a test of national character rather than merely a policy dispute.
The truth is adversity only makes us stronger. It always has, he concluded, signaling that Ottawa intends to hold its line even as Washington tightens the screws.
Canadas political class, long accustomed to favorable terms under multilateral trade regimes, is showing visible frustration as Trump reasserts a hard-edged America First stance.
Chrystia Freeland, Canadas former deputy prime minister under Justin Trudeau, told Katy Tur of MS Now that Canadians are feeling very angry, very disappointed and very betrayed, sentiments that reflect the shock of losing privileged access to the U.S. market.
Freeland went so far as to question the reliability of the United States itself, a striking admission from a senior figure in a country that has long relied on American security and commerce.
Canadians also know that President Trump was elected not once, but twice, and that is causing a lot of Canadians to wonder whether the United States can ever be trusted again.
As Trump moves to align federal purchasing with the interests of American workers and small businesses, the clash with Canada underscores a broader conservative push to end what many see as decades of lopsided, globalist trade policy.
With billions in contracts at stake and Ottawa vowing to pivot and prosper, the coming months will test whether Canada adjusts to a more balanced, reciprocal framework or continues to resist an American administration determined to stop being treated, in Trumps words, like a piggybank.
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