Canada's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its history,economy,and culture. The two countries consider themselves among the "closest [of] allies". They share the longest border between any two nations in the world,and also have significant military interoperability. Both Americans and Canadians have generally ranked each other as one of their respective "favorite nations". Nonetheless,Canadian peacekeeping is deeply embedded in Canadian culture and a distinguishing feature that Canadians feel sets their foreign policy apart from the United States. Canadian anti-Americanism has also manifested itself in a variety of ways,ranging from political,to cultural.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 23rd prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.
Donald Stovel Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer,politician and diplomat. Macdonald was a long-time Liberal party Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. In the early 1980s,he headed a royal commission which recommended that Canada enter a free trade agreement with the United States.
The Embassy of Canada in Washington,D.C. is Canada's main diplomatic mission to the United States. The embassy building designed by Arthur Erickson and opened in 1989 is located at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,Washington,D.C.,between the United States Capitol and the White House,just north of the National Gallery of Art. In addition to its diplomatic role,the embassy provides consular services for Delaware,Washington,D.C.,Maryland,Virginia,and West Virginia. It also hosts a Trade Commissioner Service office responsible for the states of Maryland,Washington,D.C.,Virginia,and West Virginia.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau,also known as Sophie Grégoire,is a retired Canadian television host. She is married to 23rd prime minister of Canada,Justin Trudeau;the couple separated in 2023. She is involved in charity work,social work,and public speaking focused mainly on the environment,women's issues,and children's issues. She was an ambassador for the WE Charity,which fell into scandal in 2020.
Susan Carol Schwab is an American politician,who served under President George W. Bush as United States Trade Representative from June 2006 to January 2009. She is not related to Charles R. Schwab Sr.,founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation;she is also not to be confused with his first wife Susan (Cotter) Schwab.
Christina Alexandra Freeland is a Canadian politician serving as the tenth and current deputy prime minister of Canada since 2019 and the minister of finance since 2020. A member of the Liberal Party,Freeland represents the Toronto riding of University—Rosedale in the House of Commons. She was first appointed to Cabinet following the 2015 federal election.
Jennifer Anne Hillman is a professor of practice at Georgetown University Law Center. As of 2016 she was working on trade litigation for Cassidy Kent.
Peter Michael Boehm is a Canadian politician,former diplomat and deputy minister. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in October 2018. Boehm was ambassador of Canada to Germany from 2008 to 2012. He was associate deputy minister and then senior associate deputy minister at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada from 2012 to 2016. He became deputy minister of international development in March 2016,and on July 31,2017,was appointed deputy minister for the 2018 G7 Summit. He also continued as the Canadian "Sherpa" or personal representative of the prime minister for the G7 summits,as well as the Nuclear Security Summit.
Diplomatic relations between Canada and China officially date back to 1942,when Canada sent an ambassador to the Republic of China. Before then,Canada had been represented by the British ambassador. The Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War and subsequent proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 resulted a break in relations that lasted until 1970,when Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau became one of the first Western leaders to recognize the People's Republic of China.
Canada and Cuba have established diplomatic relations with one another since 1945,following their centuries-old informal trading relationship. Informal trade relations were established between the colonies of Atlantic Canada and the Captaincy General of Cuba during the 18th century. The informal trade relationship continued into the 20th century until formal diplomatic relations was finally established.
Hogan Lovells is an American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington,DC. The firm was formed in 2010 by the merger of the American law firm Hogan &Hartson and the British law firm Lovells. As of 2022,the firm employed about 2,500 lawyers,making it the sixth largest law firm in the world.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Demetrios J. Marantis is an American lawyer,senior government official and executive. He served as the acting United States Trade Representative (USTR) from March 15,2013,until May 23,2013. He served as the Deputy Trade Representative for four years under Ron Kirk,and became the acting Trade Representative when Kirk resigned in March 2013.
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman,politician,and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34,and was officially sworn in September 2019.
Curtis Joseph "C.J." Mahoney is an American attorney who serves as a Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Cloud + AI at Microsoft. Previously a partner at Williams &Connolly,Mahoney served as the Deputy United States Trade Representative from 2018 to 2020.
The Agreement between the United States of America,Mexico,and Canada (USMCA) is a free trade agreement among the United States,Mexico,and Canada. It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) implemented in 1994,and is sometimes characterized as "NAFTA 2.0",or "New NAFTA",since it largely maintains or updates the provisions of its predecessor. USMCA is one of the world's largest free trade zones,with a population of more than 510 million people and an economy of $30.997 trillion in nominal GDP —nearly 30 percent of the global economy.
On December 1,2018,Meng Wanzhou,the board deputy chairperson and daughter of the founder of the Chinese multinational technology corporation Huawei,was detained upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers for questioning,which lasted three hours. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police subsequently arrested her on a provisional U.S. extradition request for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran. On January 28,2019,the United States Department of Justice formally announced financial fraud charges against Meng. The first stage of the extradition hearing for Meng began Monday,January 20,2020,and concluded on May 27,2020,when the Supreme Court of British Columbia ordered the extradition to proceed.
The foreign policy of Justin Trudeau is Canada's foreign policy since Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister in November 2015. Mélanie Joly has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2021.
