De Minimis exemption suspended: Some Indigenous businesses halt exports to U.S. despite long-standing free-trade ties

August 31, 2025

“There needs to be a resolution to allow Indigenous Peoples to continue to undergo the trade routes that they have established and practised, and the treaties that have been signed in the past have suggested that these would be honoured,” said Matthew Foss, who serves as the vice president of research and public policy at the Canadian Council for Indigenous Businesses…