Report suggests that Canadian financier Mark Wiseman will take over role as CUSMA negotiations loom

Kirsten Hillman , Canada’s ambassador to the United States, is leaving the job in the new year, she announced Tuesday in a social media post.

Hillman has been in position since 2020.

Hillman, who is the country’s chief negotiator on U.S. trade, will leave the post ahead of a renegotiation of the continental free-trade deal.

She said the timing of her exit will give Prime Minister Mark Carney the ability to put “a team in place that will see the CUSMA (Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement) review through to its conclusion,” referring to the expected 2026 renegotiation of the free-trade agreement.

According to a report from The Globe and Mail , citing a source, she is expected to be replac

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