Canada nominates ambassador, looking to restart China talks
Dominic Barton has been nominated as the Canadian ambassador to China, as the government looks to restart talks between the two countries after a decline in bilateral relations. – EPA pic, September 5, 2019.
CANADA nominated a key economic adviser yesterday as its new ambassador to China, hoping to kickstart dialogue and ease a diplomatic standoff with the world’s second largest economy. Ugandan-born, Oxford-educated Dominic Barton, 56, helped shape the economic policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and is said to be well-known in Beijing, which must still formally accept his appointment.
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