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Canada’s ambassador to the United States is resigning her post amidst trade tensions between the two countries.

Kirsten Hillman, who was appointed to the job in 2020, announced her exit in a posting on X this afternoon.

She is leaving in the new year.

“While there will never be a perfect time to leave, this is the right time to put a team in place that will see the CUSMA review through to its conclusion,” Hillman wrote, referring to the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on free trade.

Hillman said she was grateful for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s strong leadership and the confidence he had placed in her.

In a statement, Carney noted that Hillman had been one of the longest-serving ambassadors to the United Sta

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