OTTAWA — Some small Indigenous businesses are halting shipments to the U.S. in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariff regime, even though trade ties exist that predate the founding of both Canada and the United States.

"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.

"It's up to the federal governments in Canada and the United States to figure out how to honour those."

Trump announced last month his government was going to suspend duty-free de minimus imports from

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