Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday that financier Mark Wiseman will serve as Canada\u2019s next ambassador to the United States, an appointment that comes at a critical time in relations between the two major trading partners.<\/p>\n
Wiseman will assume the role on February 15 and will be involved in negotiations with the United States regarding the review of their free trade agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark Wiseman brings immense experience, contacts, and deep commitment at this crucial time of transformation of our relationship with the United States,\u201d Carney said in a statement. \u201cAs a core member of our negotiating team, he will help advance the interests of Canadian workers, businesses and institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wiseman replaces Kirsten Hillman, who announced her resignation earlier this month as the two neighbours plan to review their free trade agreement.<\/p>\n
The United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, or USMCA, is up for review in 2026. US President Donald Trump negotiated the deal in his first term and included a clause to possibly renegotiate it in 2026.<\/p>\n
Wiseman, 55, ran the investment fund of the Canada Pension Plan and also managed equity funds at the Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan. He is a friend of Carney, who ran the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.<\/p>\n
In 2016, Wiseman became the senior managing director and global head of active equities at BlackRock, the world\u2019s largest asset manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday that financier Mark Wiseman will serve as Canada\u2019s next ambassador to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[179459,23,2459,7679,12295,103,42908,32029,12,179460,13495,9580,179458,3,179457,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-364604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-alberta-investment-management-corporation","tag-america","tag-bank-of-canada","tag-bank-of-england","tag-blackrock","tag-canada","tag-canada-pension-plan","tag-canadian","tag-donald-trump","tag-kirsten-hillman","tag-larry-fink","tag-mark-carney","tag-mark-wiseman","tag-news","tag-ontario-teachers-pension-plan","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}