On Monday, September 7, 2026, on the eve of Canadian retaliatory tariffs taking effect, Trump singled out a single foreign company by name on Truth Social. “NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!” he wrote. “If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a 'piggybank.'”
The next day, hours after Canada's tariffs on roughly $20 billion of U.S. goods took effect, he went further, posting that Canada-origin products should be ineligible for a federal program under which the government buys commercial products. He accused Ottawa of “ripping us off for years,” claimed U.S. companies are barred from equivalent Canadian programs, and wrote: “From now on, NO RECIPROCITY NO ACCESS!”
The White House did not say how the Bombardier ban would be enforced, or what steps would be taken to bar delivery of jets already certified by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Bombardier answered with its own numbers. It employs people directly in more than 20 states, with sites in 10 including California, Texas and Arizona. Its aircraft are built with American components, among them engines and avionics supplied by U.S. firms. It plans to open a new facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana later this year. “Bombardier values its great partnership with American companies and its U.S. employees,” the company said.
The pushback that followed came from Republicans. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas noted the company's presence in Wichita and a local workforce of more than 1,000, and said he had contacted Trump to make sure he was “aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas and the importance of its presence in Wichita.”
The Canadian tariffs are calibrated to mirror the 50 percent duties Trump imposed on Canadian wine, cement, hockey sticks and other goods after trade talks collapsed (see Trump Slaps 50 Percent Tariffs on Most Canadian Goods Over Alcohol, Dairy, and Auto Disputes). Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Canada “blew up” a nearly complete deal “for political reasons only.” Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada would resume talks “when the Americans are ready.”
What distinguishes this from the tariff fight around it is the target. A tariff applies to a category of goods. This was a presidential instruction, issued by social media post, that one named company may not sell in the United States (see Trump Revives His '51st State' Taunt at Canada After It Slips Into a Technical Recession).
Update (September 17, 2026): on September 16, Trump signed a memorandum, “Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement,” directing the budget office and the Trade Representative to identify Canadian-origin items in federal civil procurement that can, “where warranted, be removed or made non-available for purchase.” It sets no deadline and names no companies, and CBC reported it “does not appear to order an immediate ban.” The same day he threatened tariffs on Europe over its offer of associate membership to Canada (see Trump Threatens 'Very Serious Tariffs' on Europe if Its Offer to Make Canada an Associate Member Is a 'Hostile Act').