Trump directs to exclude Canadian products from U.S. government procurement

China News Service, September 9. According to Reuters, on September 8, local time, U.S. President Trump posted on social media that he had instructed the U.S. General Services Administration to cooperate with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to take all necessary measures to exclude Canadian products from the U.S. government procurement plan until Canada resumes "fair reciprocity" with U.S. farmers and businesses.

US President Trump. (data map)

Trump said, “Canada has been taking advantage of us for many years.” Canada’s federal and provincial governments have prohibited U.S. small businesses and companies from entering its government procurement market, while Canada has broad access to the U.S.’s huge government procurement market.

"This is not reciprocity, this is a Canadian trade scam. From now on, there is no reciprocity, there is no market access," he said.

According to reports, this move further aggravated the trade dispute between the two countries.

According to previous reports, the White House announced in July that the U.S. government would impose a 50% tariff on hundreds of specific goods imported from Canada, including red wine, hockey sticks and cement, in accordance with Section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Relevant measures will take effect on August 22. In response, Canada announced that it would implement equal retaliatory tariff measures against the United States starting from September 8.