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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Canada and the United States form a highly integrated economic region;
indeed, since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) in 1993, economic integration of the two countries has progressed
faster than economic growth. In the 1990s scholars suggested that the
primary characteristic of the Canada-US border and surrounding regions
was an environment facilitating the seamless flow of goods and capital.
But since 9/11, borders have hardened, and some argue that securitization
has impeded trade and is now affecting all policy arenas concerned with
borderlands. This article is a review of those arguments.
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