When and how will the U.S.-Canadian border open? These experts have some ideas
Laurie Trautman, one of the panelists and the director for the at Western Washington University, estimated that Whatcom County lost $60 million in cross-border retail sales in the first half of 2020.
Here are some of the topics discussed during the event:
WHEN WILL THE RESTRICTIONS END?
That remains unclear, but some of the panelists expect that the recent pandemic surge and U.S. presidential election is putting this issue on the back-burner for now.
What鈥檚 been particularly painful for businesses near both sides of the border is the 30-day extensions, said Andrea Van Vugt, one of the panelists and global director of in Canada. It makes it difficult for businesses to plan; providing some measurement about when the border might open would be helpful, she said.