Canada-US relations

in an

Age of Superstitions

Sumner Bernstein Forum for International Understanding Brian Lee Crowley, President, AIMS

The mercantilist superstition:

Exports Good

Imports Bad

Whatever can be done will

be done by someone,

somewhere.

The only question is whether

it will be done by you or to

you.

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Equa

tor

The Resurgence of All-Water Services to the East Coast

Landbridge

Westbound Route

Eastbound Route

Zone of Contestability

New York (1):

75% (2005)

60% (2020) New York (2+3):

25% (2005)

40% (2020)

NY

Savannah

PanamaRoute

New Direct Links

17 (2002)

26 (2007)

1

2

3

Maine surrounded by Canada

13

North American Rail System

Maine: International Truck Flows for Border Crossings, 1998

Champlain Area: International Truck Flows for Border

Crossings, 1998

Coastal Service Network on the East Coast

Road Trains

Common LCVs Common Non-LCV trucks

Rocky Mountain Double

Turnpike Double

Triple

Combination with Single trailer

Combination with Twin Trailers

Straight Truck with Trailer

Connected with Draw Bar (Lengths

Vary)|----26’- 28’-----| |----26’-28’----| |----26’-28’---|

|----------45’- 48’-----------| |-----------45’-48’-----------|

|----------45’- 48’-----------| |----26’-28’----||-----------40’- 53’------------|

|----26’- 28’----| |----26’-28’----|

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