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While the Biden administration’s Executive Order dated January 25, 2021 (the predecessor to Title IX) made no reference to its Buy American requirements being applied consistently with US obligations under international agreements, the new Infrastructure Act rectifies this serious oversight by inserting the Recovery Act language in several places that could be useful to Canadian businesses seeking to bid on US government procurement opportunities.