Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday that financier Mark Wiseman will serve as the country's next ambassador to the United States, an appointment that comes at a critical time in relations between the two major trading partners.

The U.S. and Canada have long enjoyed an unusually close economic relationship, with integrated supply chains, aligned industries and decades of largely friction-free trade. But that era is ending, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

With pressure mounting over the holidays, on Jan. 6, Trudeau emerged from Rideau Cottage — the scene of so many bearded pandemic press conferences — to declare he was ready to leave. He would prorogue Parliament, putting off the inevitable election into the spring and giving his party barely two months to stage a contest to replace him.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump hasn't given him any indication that he's willing to walk away from the North American free trade deal that was struck during his first term at the White House.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday announced business executive Mark Wiseman will become ambassador to the United States.

The next year marks the long-awaited review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement after Trump officials threatened to tear up the deal. However, Canadian officials have said they are confident the U.S. will ultimately keep CUSMA in place.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday named former BlackRock financier Mark Wiseman to serve as Canada’s next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman also previously served as president and

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is nearly nine months into his tenure. He spent years building his climate bona fides on the global stage. But since taking over the role, he’s become more open to fossil fuels.

Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced that Canada’s next ambassador to the United States will be Mark Wiseman, a plain-spoken dealmaker with deep business relationships who will head to Washington with the goal of securing trade peace.

Ben Caldecott, founding director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, who helped author the UK Prudential Regulation Authority’s first climate change report at the time of Carney’s speech, said the address was critical in changing the agenda in the UK and beyond.

This year marked a significant transition for the Liberal Party and for Canada. Prime Minister Carney assumed office in March, followed closely by the