DCHP-2

Auto Pact auto pact, APTA DCHP-2 (September 2016)

• n. — Automotive, Industry

  a trade agreement between Canada and the US signed in 1965 that removed tariffs on automobiles, trucks and related parts.

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — The Auto Pact was signed in 1965 and facilitated the production of automobiles on both sides of the border. Canada benefitted from being able to produce car parts and assemble cars for the US market, while labour costs for US makers were lowered by production in Canada. The term is used in both Canada and the US, but is of greater economic importance in the Canadian context, which is shown in a higher discourse frequency in Chart 1.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Auto Pact", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. “auto" (n.5).