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With Hillman set to leave, Carney says Canada has a ‘window’ before CUSMA talks pick up in 2026
Marco Vigliotti, iPolitics Dec 10, 2025 The article reports on Ambassador Hillman’s resignation and the emerging view that former BlackRock executive Mark Wiseman is the leading candidate to replace her. Flavio Volpe, President of the APMA, said Wiseman’s appointment would signal that Canada is prepared to send “a globally respected deal maker to help form the new trade relationship between the two countries.” Read here
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Dec 12, 20251 min read
Canada’s ambassador to U.S. Kirsten Hillman quits unexpectedly as trade talks falter
Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Dec 9, 2025 This article about the Canadian ambassador resigning and quotes APMA President Flavio Volpe as follows: “dignified, thoughtful and skilled chief representative of Team Canada.” Hillman’s resignation comes ahead of next year’s USMCA review for which she was expected to stay for. Read here
APMA
Dec 12, 20251 min read
Donald Trump, Mark Carney and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum will ‘keep working together’ on trade after meeting
Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Dec 5, 2025 This is reporting on the side meeting held by the three leaders in parallel to the FIFA event. President of the APMA, Flavio Volpe, said it “sounds like a vote of confidence of sorts in the only formal, scheduled stakeholder engagement process of this whole trade war, this week’s USMCA hearings.He also noted that Carney “looked confident in his approach with the president, while acting like a partner on the FIFA project and staging,”
APMA
Dec 12, 20251 min read
Flavio Volpe, Reggio Cecchini & More
Arlene Bynon, The Arlene Bynon Show | Sirius XM Dec 5, 2025 Flavio Volpe discussing the latest on the Canada-U.S. trade. He describes overall approval of USMCA from industrial America who “say the USMCA works…They’re saying that from a data point of view, there is no data that points to the USMCA being bad. And Americans know that.” (Flavio appears @ 39:06) Listen here
APMA
Dec 12, 20251 min read
With Car Tariffs, Trump Puts His Unorthodox Trade Theory to the Test
Latest news article on tariffs on the auto industry. The APMA shares our take.
APMA
Mar 28, 20251 min read
Oh Canada! Good jobs keep people housed
Cathy Crowe, Rabble.ca February 11, 2025 In a recent interview on CBC Cross Country Checkup, ironically in his car, Flavio Volpe,...
APMA
Feb 11, 20251 min read
North American auto association execs talk Trump, trade and tariffs at 2025 EV Innovation & Technology Conference
Victoria Foote, Electric Autonomy February 10, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA),...
APMA
Feb 10, 20251 min read
How the Canadian car industry is reacting to tariffs
Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne February 2, 2025 We’ve been examining the tariff threat, the potential impacts, how Canadian...
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Feb 2, 20251 min read
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