Canada and other countries should not give up doing business with the United States, former South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley said on Friday at the Summit B7 conference in Ottawa.
Haley, the former Rival of Donald Trump for the republican presidential appointment, is among the main speakers of the event, where business leaders and diplomats gathered to trace a path through the uncertainty of world trade.
Haley’s comments are involved as the instability of the United States in the world’s order of trade with Trump prices, forcing certain companies to redirect their supply chains far from the American market.
“Do not presume that the United States does not want to do business with your country,” said Haley. “They actually want to do business with your country. It’s just messy right now. ”
Trump has repeatedly insisted that the United States needs nothing in Canada, although Canada is an important source for the United States for several industries, including energy, agriculture and critical minerals.
Haley compared the current commercial environment with the United States to “growing pain” and said that “this too will pass”.
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Friday morning, she participated in a round table on how business leaders can strengthen confidence in an increasingly fractured world.
She said that even if all companies should have a “24-hour rule” encouraging them to stop before reacting to major geopolitical changes, she joked that it should be a “72 hour rule” for those of the United States at the moment.
Otherwise, Haley avoided commenting on President Trump directly, who defeated him for republican appointment in 2024. Haley, who was Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations during his first presidency, did not receive a position in his second administration.
The United States Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is scheduled for an address in the afternoon at the B7, which is a partner conference at the G7 summit in Alberta next month.
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