The opening should be welcome news to Canada’s automotive industry. While the border partially opened Aug. 9, when vaccinated Americans could enter Canada, it still hampered business, particularly in the country’s auto supply chain.

The United States opened the case in May after complaints that workers' rights at a GM pickup-truck plant in Silao in central Mexico were being violated .

While the White House said on Monday that the United States will ease foreign travel restrictions to the country beginning in November, allowing foreigners in if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the changes don’t apply to land crossings along the Canadian and Mexican borders.

Canada eased restrictions on Americans, but Canadians are in still in holding pattern with added uncertainty about whether their Astra-Zeneca vaccinations will be valid.