General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.

While the vast majority of Canadian exports were exempt from the tariffs now struck down, the ruling does not effect duties harming several key industries.

The “Project Vault” initiative is intended to reduce U.S. reliance on China for key technology components.

U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.