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submitted 2 days ago by Reannlegge@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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[-] deadbeef79000 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They've got 350 million second amendment gun toting patriots over there. Only one of them needs to actually commit, walk their talk, and put one of their own bullets in... there.

[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Americans are the toughest bunch of cowards on the planet.

They like their guns and will defend their right to have them when idiots murder innocent school children in order for the country to collectively send out thoughts and prayers.

But using those guns as designated by the 2nd amendment just isn’t in their wheel house as it means they’d have to get off the couch.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Only around half of US households own a firearm, so it's a lot less than that. Four times as many Americans don't have guns as the entire population of Canada.

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