U.S.-Canada Trade War Escalates as Trump Moves to Exclude Canadian Goods from Procurement Market

[Financial News] U.S. President Donald Trump said he would take steps to exclude Canadian products from certain U.S. government procurement contracts.
On the 8th, local time, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would instruct the General Services Administration (GSA), the independent agency overseeing federal government procurement, to remove Canadian products from the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) list.
The post came after Canada began imposing retaliatory tariffs worth approximately $20 billion on U.S. imports at midnight.
Trump said annual procurement through the contract list exceeds $50 billion, although it remains unclear what share of that amount consists of Canadian products, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported.
In the post, he emphasized, "The Canadian federal and provincial governments have barred U.S. small businesses and companies from selling their products in their government procurement markets," adding, "From now on, we will not allow market access without reciprocity."
Trump also added that he would maintain the exclusion measures "unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for U.S. farmers and businesses."
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