Ottawa is restricting the number of tariff-free vehicles that Stellantis and General Motors can bring in from the United States to sell in Canada, after the automakers announced plans this month to cut back assembly-line work at Ontario factories.
Stellantis and GM will no longer be eligible to get the full break on Canadian counter-tariff duties on American-made vehicles, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said in a late night press release on Oct. 23.
Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. cars and light trucks in April, but carved out remission quota exemptions for some automakers to bring specific numbers of vehicles into the country. The government said at the time the exemption was contingent on the automakers continuing to make vehicles in Canada and moving ahead with investment plans in Ontario’s auto industry….