Laurie Trautman
| Title | Authored on | Link to edit Content | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.-Canadian border closure reportedly could extend through at least Thanksgiving | The U.S.-Canadian border closure to non-essential traffic, which is currently set to expire next week, could be extended through Thanksgiving due to the coronavirus pandemic, … |
2020-09-16 | |
| Reopen the Canada-U.S. border? Canadians say sorry, but no thanks | "If we figure out ways to successfully incorporate public health concerns with security and efficiency, there’s no reason why we wouldn’t maintain that type of screening," said Laurie Trautman, director of Western Washington University's Border Policy Research Institute. |
2020-07-16 | |
| 'U.S.-Canada Trade: On the Ground at the Entry Points' webinar set for July 14 | 2020-07-09 | ||
| Some Canadian businesses want to let Americans back in. Most Canadians don’t. | Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, called for a “more creative and innovative” strategy for the border. She said a regional approach to reopening it would be “huge and really important,” but might not be “logistically possible.”… |
2020-07-01 | |
| Whatcom jobs, families depend on an open U.S.-Canada border. Here’s the summer outlook | Fully reopening the U.S.-Canadian border is going to take time, and it will be even longer before cross-border shopping and visits recover. That’s one of the assessments made by a group of panelists during a Western Washington University presentation held via Zoom on Friday,… |
2020-06-22 | |
| Study finds most Canadians hoping U.S. border closure extends through the summer | The Western Washington University Border Policy Research Institute has found that Canadians comprise approximately 75% of cross-border travelers to and from Whatcom County, depending on the exchange rate, according to… |
2020-05-29 | |
| COVID-19's impact on Canada-U.S. border, a panel discussion | The event will be held via Zoom with panelists Bruno Dupeyron, a professor a JSGS; Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University; and John Maggiore, senior adviser to the governor at the New York State Executive Chamber. |
2020-05-21 | |
| Washington state’s once-bustling border towns and islands fall silent, due to coronavirus pandemic | Sharp-eyed dwellers of Washington’s northwest corner could look skyward in recent weeks and see thousands of snow geese — winter residents of the nearby Skagit Valley — gracefully winging their way north in a migration old as time. It was a welcome glimpse of seasonal business-… |
2020-05-18 | |
| Whatcom-B.C. border traffic will remain slow with Canadian coronavirus quarantines | The slowdown in traffic flow has been dramatic in places like Blaine. During the first two weeks of April, the two Blaine crossing saw just over 2,000 passenger vehicle entries into the U.S.; typically there are 155,000-160,000 passenger vehicles during this same time frame. That’s according to… |
2020-04-15 | |
| Economic forecast night highlights workforce, education | The panel included Tom Keegan, president of Skagit Valley College; Sabah Randhawa, president of Western Washington University; Isiaah Crawford, president of the University of Puget Sound; and Paul Pitre, chancellor for Washington State University’s Everett campus. Randawa said in the… |
2020-02-13 |