Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Reciprocity in Government Procurement — craft rewrite

Voice: Devine 101 (craft) Original: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Reciprocity in Government Procurement

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On September 16, 2026, the White House issued a fact sheet stating that President Donald J. Trump signed a presidential memorandum aimed at identifying and taking steps to remove Canadian-origin goods from federal civil government procurement. The stated reason is Canada’s measures that have denied U.S. firms access to Canada’s federal and provincial procurement markets.

The memorandum, according to the sheet, directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the United States Trade Representative, in coordination with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, to identify and take all steps toward removing Canadian-origin items from the federal civil procurement system, or otherwise making them unavailable for purchase. USTR is also directed to monitor how Canada continues to treat U.S.-origin goods in Canadian government procurement.

The administration’s framing is reciprocity and “America First”: Canada is described as having received preferential access to the U.S. market for years while, in the White House’s account, doubling down on unfair treatment of U.S. commerce. The sheet says that despite Canada’s procurement commitments to the United States, Canadian provinces have disadvantaged American small businesses and companies, including through preferences for Canadian products and content under a “Buy Canadian” policy. It contrasts that with Canadian companies’ preferential access to over $280 billion of the U.S. government procurement system, while U.S. companies, it says, no longer receive equal treatment in Canada’s government procurement system.

The fact sheet ties the memorandum to a broader trade narrative: ending other countries’ unfair and unreasonable practices; an America First Trade Policy said to have expanded market access for U.S. exports, strengthened workers’ incomes, reshored jobs, and reduced the trade deficit. It states that the United States under Trump did not agree to renew USMCA in its current form because the deal is not, in the administration’s view, sufficiently beneficial for U.S. manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, workers, service suppliers, and businesses of all sizes. It claims trillions in private and foreign investment via negotiations and tariffs, plus diversified supply chains and less dependence on adversarial nations.

It also points to September 8, 2026, when President Trump banned and increased tariffs on certain products under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, described as addressing Canada’s continued discrimination against American exporters and offsetting disadvantage from Canadian treatment of U.S. alcoholic beverages, dairy, and motor vehicles. Related White House items listed on the page include fact sheets dated July 20, 2026; September 8, 2026; February 13, 2025; an August 25, 2026 release; and the September 16, 2026 memorandum on restoring reciprocity in government procurement.

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