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On September 16, 2026, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum titled “Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement”, directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the United States Trade Representative, in coordination with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, to identify and take legally permitted steps to remove or restrict Canadian-origin items across the federal civil procurement system.
On January 7, 2026, the President issued an Executive Order (“the Order”) directing the Department of War (the “Department”) to (1) conduct a review of “defense” contractors that engaged in stock buy-backs or corporate distributions during a “period of underperformance or insufficient prioritization, investment, or production speed” and (2) implement new contract clauses to (a) prohibit stock buy-backs or corporation distributions during any “period of underperformance or insufficient...
Between April 9 and April 16, President Trump issued three executive orders (EOs) calling for reforms to the federal procurement system. The April 9 EO, “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base,” requires the Department of Defense (DoD) to reform the defense acquisition system. The April 15 EO, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” orders wholesale revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
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