Trump says he'll limit government purchasing of Canadian goods (www.cbc.ca)

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Trump says he's taking action to bar Canadian-made products from eligibility for certain U.S. government purchasing contracts.

In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he is directing the General Services Administration — the independent agency that oversees federal government procurement — to remove Canadian-origin products from its "multiple award schedules."

Those schedules account for more than $50 billion US worth of procurement per year, said Trump, but it's unclear how much of that is made up of Canadian goods.

"The Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets," said Trump in the post. "From now on, NO RECIPROCITY – NO ACCESS!"

Trump said the removal would stay in place "unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies."

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[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

American here, I been investing in global stocks heavily for the last year as the long term trend can only favor stability, partnership and reality. I hadn't directly bought Canadian stocks or index before today; bought my first bit of FLCA and plan to add regularly moving forward. I listened to Carney's speech today and, while still a politician, was such fresh air compared to the child molesting dipshits we have down here.

Even Americans are "buying Canadian" at this point, our economy is being run by grifters and scammers and being dollar heavy at this juncture is a complete liability. There will be rough times ahead for both US and Canada but your trajectory is hopefully far different from ours.

Keep it up.