Laurie Trautman
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| Canadians continue to shop in Whatcom | Despite a Canadian dollar that’s remained weak for several years, a new report shows shoppers from British Columbia continue to play an important role in Whatcom’s retail sector. Last month Western Washington University students working for the … |
2019-10-23 | |
| BPRI's Laurie Trautman named a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center | 2019-07-31 | ||
| Canada is feeling lonely, but its place internationally is still strong | On december 1st last year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, a Chinese telecoms firm, as she prepared to change planes at Vancouver’s international airport. |
2019-07-26 | |
| Advocates push for passenger rail stop in Blaine | The event featured presentations by Bruce Agnew, director of the Cascadia Center; Dr. Laurie Trautman, director of Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI); and others. Audience members including Blaine city manager… |
2019-07-18 | |
| Economic Forecast Night highlights growth, Canada relations | Keynote speakers Anneliese Vance-Sherman, a regional labor economist for the Employment Security Department, and Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University followed. |
2019-02-08 | |
| Report finds cross-border traffic steadier in Blaine than other regions | The most striking trend across the U.S.-Canada border since 2000 is a “severe reduction in passenger traffic.” That’s one change outlined in the “Border Barometer,” a recent report on the U.S./Canada border crossing corridor Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research… |
2018-11-29 | |
| With marijuana now legal in Canada, what will that mean for border crossings? | With recreational marijuana now legal in Canada, officials are warning travelers: Make sure there is no cannabis in the car when you try to cross the international border — in either direction. Canada legalized the use of marijuana across all provinces Wednesday, allowing sales for… |
2018-10-18 | |
| Canada is about to legalize cannabis; here’s what you need to know | On Wednesday, Canada will become the largest country in the world to legalize cannabis. The move will not only drastically reshape marijuana in that country, but means that the entire West Coast — from Alaska to California — has become a marijuana marketplace where the formerly taboo drug is… |
2018-10-15 | |
| Cross-border collaboration forum at WWU on Oct. 24 | The Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University is hosting a one-day policy forum to discuss the state of regional cross-border collaboration in three key sectors and to identify avenues to advance these efforts, as well as barriers that exist… |
2018-10-11 | |
| Trump trade negotiator warns that Canada is running out of time | If the trade agreement changes, it could impact Whatcom County in a variety of ways, including labor mobility, a weaker Canadian dollar and fewer goods crossing the border Laurie Trautman, director at Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute, told The Bellingham Herald… |
2018-09-26 |