Canadian Companies Bearing The Costs Of Post-9/11 Border Policies

In addition to direct costs of complying with new border policies, companies are dealing with indirect costs (such as higher cross-border shipping costs or increased uncertainty about new border policies). In the highly competitive global operating environment, even small new border costs can have important negative economic consequences, and could prompt companies to locate their production in the larger U.S. market and avoid border-crossing entirely. Some companies said that they are not yet getting the full benefits of fast-crossing lanes for pre-approved traffic, even though they made significant up-front investments to become pre-approved. http://www.newswire.ca:80/en/releases/archive/June2007/04/c8411.html [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on June 6, 2007]

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