Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Stellantis NV will decide on future vehicle production at its factory in Brampton, Ontario, once a review of the North American free trade deal is finalized.

Carney said he spoke with Antonio Filosa, chief executive officer of Stellantis, shortly before the company announced that it canceled plans to make the Jeep Compass sport utility vehicle in Brampton, which is near Toronto. That vehicle will instead be manufactured in Illinois , avoiding U.S. tariffs.

Filosa assured him the company was looking at building a different model at the plant, Carney said.

“That decision would be taken in the context of the finalization of the USMCA,” the prime minister said at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday, referring to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreemen

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