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In the mid-1960s Canada and the USA signed the Autopact, an early free trade agreement that gave preferential treatment to cars assembled in North America. Several European and Asian auto manufacturers set up North American plants to exploit this new regulatory environment.

For example, Volvo opened its plant in Halifax, Canada in 1963 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Halifax_Assembly

Why didn't any of the big British auto firms of the early 1960s build cars in North America? What POD do we need to make this happen? The product was there, as the Mini and MGB, for example were selling well into the USA.
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