‘U.S. trade policy is damaging the U.S. auto industry’: Canada’s purchase of American cars hits new low as Trump’s tariffs backfire on U.S. automakers
A decade ago, nearly half of new cars hitting Canadian roads were built in America, but after months of restrictive U.S. tariffs, the number of Big Three autos purchased from America’s northern neighbor have dropped precipitously. Only 28.4% of new-vehicle sales in Canada in the first half of 2026 were U.S.-built, down from 35.4% in…