The U.S. has been without a permanent representative to Canada since the previous ambassador, Kelly Craft, was made ambassador to the UN in 2019
Heyman said it’s hard to overstate how important that is for the relationship between Canada and the United States. If something critical needs to get done, Canada wants to know there is “somebody who has the ability to make that phone call right into the White House, and be able to have that conversation about whatever issue or opportunity arises.”
Cohen will move into the diplomatic world from a long tenure in telecom, where he spent the past 20 years as an executive at Comcast. He does have experience in politics, having worked five years as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia and then as Comcast’s primary lobbyist. Cohen hosted U.S. President Joe Biden’s first formal 2020 presidential campaign event in his home.Maryscott Greenwood, a former U.S. diplomat to Canada and managing director of Crestview Strategy’s U.S.
Christopher Sands, director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, said that one thing former president Donald Trump and current president Biden agree on is “the China challenge and the importance of decoupling from the Chinese economy,” including ensuring that “we’re able to compete with the right amount of critical minerals and the right technology and produce supply chains without forced labor.
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