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Trudeau Taps Ex-McKinsey Executive Barton as Ambassador to China
Canadian PM names Dominic Barton as his envoy in Beijing amid a festering diplomatic feud
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Justin Trudeau is turning to the former global head of McKinsey & Co. Inc. to help resolve a festering diplomatic dispute with China.
The Canadian prime minister named Dominic Barton as his ambassador to Beijing on Wednesday. The key post had been vacant since the beginning of the year, when the previous envoy was forced to resign after making controversial statements about the extradition case of a top Chinese executive.