Articles and Speeches
Free Trade is the pathway to U.S.-Canada Bilateral Success
June 1, 2010
David H. Wilkins
Reprinted with permission from Diplomatic Courier
The U.S.-Canada relationship is a fascinating study in the bounds of friendship. 5,500 miles of shared border, common values, and a staggering volume of bilateral trade—to the tune of $1.6 billion a day—make ours the best and most prosperous relationship in the world.
And yet, it is a relationship where folks on both sides of the border sometimes tend to take more solace in our differences than in our common ground.
