Spectre of trade war pushes B.C.’s Indigenous businesses to rethink strategies

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Spectre of trade war pushes B.C.’s Indigenous businesses to rethink strategies – BIV

by ahnationtalk on February 17, 202547 Views

Feb 17, 2025

At least one West Coast company inches closer to moving operations to the U.S.

For entrepreneurs Anthony and Nancy Wingham, looming U.S. tariffs mean hastening efforts to move their company’s manufacturing and expansion into the beauty market south of the border.

“As much as we’re worried about the tariffs, I guess it’s just speeding that process up,” said Anthony Wingham, a Metis co-owner of Nuez Acres, a Langley beauty company offering pecan oil-based and waterless products.

Although a possible trade war could have significant impacts to businesses countrywide, Indigenous businesses would be disproportionately impacted by tariffs, according to the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business.