Canada’s ambassador to the United States said her team in Washington has continued to communicate with American officials since U.S. President Donald Trump said he was terminating trade talks.

“I have had exchanges here with a number of my contacts in the administration. My team has also been having contacts,” said Kirsten Hillman , who appeared by video in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa Wednesday.

Hillman, who also serves as Canada’s top negotiator with the U.S., said over the past five days her people have been in touch with officials in the White House, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Energy.

The conversations are not expressly on the trade negotiations, she added, be

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