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Canada—U.S. Trade And Travel Patterns In The Post-Recession Period, Border Policy Research Institute
Canada—U.S. Trade And Travel Patterns In The Post-Recession Period, Border Policy Research Institute
BPRI Border Policy Briefs
The United States and Canada are entering a new political relationship that may lead to changes in economic relations between the two nations in the near future. Understanding current bilateral trade trends between the U.S. and Canada can help to inform predictions of future trade patterns if relations remain constant and to determine impacts if changes do occur. This Border Policy Brief explores trade patterns at the national scale, as well as trends in top bilaterally traded commodities and the ports that process them. The Brief provides an update to a previous BPRI research project authored by Globerman and Storer …
Crt Symposium Proceedings 2017, Border Policy Research Institute
Crt Symposium Proceedings 2017, Border Policy Research Institute
BPRI Proceedings and Working Papers
In February of 2017, Western Washington University (WWU) and Northwest Indian College (NWIC) hosted a two-day symposium on the modernization of the CRT. The purpose of this event was to develop public awareness and inform treaty negotiators from the United States and diplomats from Canada of key issues. Presenters and panelists explored the history of the treaty, governance ideas, Indigenous perspectives, hydrology and climate, electric energy, ecosystem function, and flood risk management/irrigation. Panelists included representatives from tribes and First Nations, government agencies, non-government organizations, private industry, and universities. During the panels, many speakers said that there is a need to …
Modernizing The Columbia River Treaty, Border Policy Research Institute
Modernizing The Columbia River Treaty, Border Policy Research Institute
Border Policy Research Institute Publications
In February of 2017, Western Washington University (WWU) and Northwest Indian College (NWIC) hosted a two-day symposium titled, “The Changing Environment and the Columbia River Treaty.” The purpose of the symposium was to develop public awareness and inform treaty negotiators from the U.S. and diplomats from Canada on key issues to address when modernizing the Treaty. This event brought together tribal and First Nations leaders, representatives from government and private industry, non-governmental organizations and academics to discuss the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty (CRT).
Changes In Canadian Shopping Visits To Northwest Washington, 2013-2016, Border Policy Research Institute
Changes In Canadian Shopping Visits To Northwest Washington, 2013-2016, Border Policy Research Institute
Border Policy Research Institute Publications
In 2013, the BPRI launched a long-term study to analyze the behavior of Canadians crossing the border to shop in Northwest Washington by counting the percentage of Canadian license plates in specified shopping locations along the Interstate 5 corridor. Our “license plate survey” includes data collected over the course of 6 weeks (3 days per week), for a total of 18 survey days in 2013 and 2016. This Border Policy Brief is a comparative analysis of the data collected in 2013, when the loonie averaged $0.97 USD, and data collected in 2016 in the same locations, when the loonie averaged …