Trade: Chrystia Freeland and Trade Relations

trade: Chrystia Freeland is sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, according to Huffington Post Canada. Photo Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Freeland leaves the international trade portfolio, where she distinguished herself overcoming eleventh-hour obstacles to a Canada-European free trade agreement, to replace veteran Liberal MP Stephane Dion at Global Affairs. He entrusted to Chrystia Freeland a former economics journalist with extensive contacts in the United States the crucial responsibility of navigating the changing domestic and global dynamic as his Liberal government prepares to deal with an unpredictable and avowedly America-first Trump administration. And she will retain responsibility for Canada-U.S. trade relations. The story of Canada is the story of immigration. Obviously, the new administration to the south will present particular both opportunities and challenges as well as a shifting global context, Trudeau told a news conference following a swearing-in ceremony that saw Dion and fellow veteran John McCallum leave politics altogether, Mary Ann Mihychuk return to the backbenches and three newcomers welcomed into the inner circle. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.