On September 8, 2026, President Donald Trump posted to his “Truth Social” page that he would direct the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to remove Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule contracts:
Source. President Trump’s declaration came in the midst of a broader “trade war” between Canada and the United States.
The GSA MAS contracts have revenues of approximately US$50 billion per year. They are standing catalogue contracts, similar to “framework agreements” used around the world. GSA hosts an online catalogue which allows users to research the country of origin for each product offered under the MAS contracts.
The GSA MAS solicitation recognizes that the MAS contracts are covered by the United States’ trade agreements, including the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), per standard clause FAR 52.225-5. Both Canada and the United States are members of the GPA, which generally opens member nations’ public procurement markets to vendors from other members.
An open question is whether Canada’s interim policy on reciprocal public procurement access will be implicated by President Trump’s order.
The Trump administration has expressed frustration with the GPA (see below), which the administration argues affords foreign vendors unfair access to U.S. public procurement markets.
