Dawson Strategic

The Canada-U.S. Regulatory Cooperation Council and Beyond the Border initiatives are nearing the end of their first year of bilateral meetings and stakeholder outreach.On December 12, Christopher Sands and I will meet at the Wilson Center in Washington to discuss the progress in the first year and to introduce our new paper “A Safe and [...]

At a Dec 15 panel discussion  at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, Antonio Ortiz-Mena, Christopher Sands and I debated the fate of trilateralism as the driver of progress in the NAFTA.  None of us were unbridled optimists, but neither were we ready to bury the body either.  Since the Chatham House rule applied to our discussion (and I [...]

  1. The Canadian Federation for Independent Business report “Border Barriers: SMEs’ Experience with Cross-Border Trade” examines important issues affecting small-business traders. 2. Christopher Sands provides a comprehensive analysis of border issues, “Toward a New Frontier: Improving the U.S. Canadian Border“. 3. “Let the Goods Flow,” editorial by Colin Robertson and former Michigan Governor and [...]