U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening as much as a 100-per-cent tariff on Canada’s auto sector, in addition to the threatened 25-per-cent tariffs now on hold. That’s what makes Canada and North America competitive as an auto manufacturing jurisdiction,” said Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association in a post to X. The Auto Pact stayed in effect until it was replaced by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, which broadened the arrangement beyond the auto industry to all sectors.