Presidential Memorandum 2026-19336 explained · Presidential Memorandum
Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement
Signed: 2026-09-16 Published: 2026-09-21 Federal Register document: 2026-19336
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Presidential Memorandum 2026-19336 says
Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 59979-59980] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-19336] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 181 / Monday, September 21, 2026 / Presidential Documents [[Page 59979]] Memorandum of September 16, 2026 Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement Memorandum for the Secretary of War[,] the United States Trade Representative[,] the Director of the Office of Management and Budget[,] the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy[,] the Administrator of General Services[, and] the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Canada has unreasonably imposed new barriers to United States companies seeking to access the Canadian government procurement market by, among other things, establishing preferences for Canadian products and Canadian content under its ``Buy Canadian'' policy. Canadian provinces have also limited the access of United States companies to their government procurement markets. Meanwhile, Canadian companies continue to have preferential...
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