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25. May 2009 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
After years of delay and hundreds of millions of dollars in preparations, Customs and Border Protection officials said new security measures would go into effect on June 1, requiring Americans entering the country by land or sea to show government-approved identification.
Ms. Hubbard said some of the decline had been caused by the recession. But some of it she attributed to “confusion about documents and hostile treatment by border officials.”
“We have many people who come from Canada and tell us they don’t feel welcome when they cross the border,” she said. “We talk about those complaints with our friends on the border, and they tell us their job is security, not customer service.” Read full article at the New York Times.
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2. March 2009 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Recent actions by the US and now the UK restricting foreign hires do not bode well for free trade and anti-protectionist policies. Is Canada next?
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