Laurie Trautman
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| Washington’s border towns have become proxy addresses for Canadian online shoppers | The weakening of the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar in recent years has had an effect at the land border crossings closest to the Vancouver metro area. Traffic is down, but the percentage of border crossers who said they drove across to pick up mail is rising. This detail comes from a… |
2018-09-19 | |
| With high B.C. gas prices, sales in Blaine jump 50 percent | Along with the increase in gas sales, southbound border crossings at Peace Arch and Pacific Highway increased 16.2 percent from May 2017 to May 2018, the most recent month for which numbers are available, according to Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI).… |
2018-07-26 | |
| NAFTA renegotiation outlook ‘changes with the wind’ | A bi-national policy forum called the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region is hosting several… |
2018-07-23 | |
| WWU’S Mary Moeller Wins Best Undergraduate Research Paper at National Conference | 2018-05-14 | ||
| WWU’s Border Policy Research Institute Begins Work on New ‘Border Barometer’ Project | 2018-03-12 | ||
| Canadian dollar is on the rise... will it continue? | Some expect the loonie rally to be short-lived. Laurie Trautman, director at the WWU Border Policy Research Institute, believes it has peaked and the current rally will not immediately change border crossing shopping habits. “I do expect the volumes to continue a… |
2017-07-25 | |
| Trump’s Homeland Security chief says he wants less restrictive Canadian border | They tried. Two senators, one Republican and one Democrat, prodded Donald Trump’s Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday to spell out his concerns about America’s northern border. John Kelly wouldn’t much budge. His unexpected answer: Canada is fantastic, and the… |
2017-04-06 | |
| Laurie Trautman Named Director of WWU Border Policy Research Institute | 2016-12-02 | ||
| BPRI submits Call for Proposals | 2016-10-11 | ||
| Study: Whatcom retailers to increase holiday hiring | In a possible sign that holiday shopping might be stronger this year, Whatcom County is expected to increase its seasonal hiring. |
2016-10-04 |