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Canadian vehicle traffic entering the United States at Whatcom County’s three crossings fell by 65,000 in the first three weeks of March, about 42% lower than the same period a year ago and steeper than the 30% -drop in February, according to Western Washington University’s Border Policy…

Given the boycott, such an increase would be “almost impossible,” Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, told Forbes.

The trade dispute will have far-reaching spillover effects, from price increases and paperwork backlogs to longer wait times at the U.S.-Canada border for both people and products, said Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington…

And while it’s impossible to blame that plunge entirely on politics, the timing is telling, says Laurie Trautman, director of ��������'s Border Policy Research Institute. 

Laurie Trautman, director at the Border Policy Research Institute with Western Washington University, said it is difficult to tell what impacts the tariffs could have on border towns like Point Roberts because things have not been normal since COVID.

"The cost of goods will go up if tariffs are enacted. There is no doubt," said Dr. Laurie Trautman, director of the at Western Washington University. 

She says the economic impacts of the border battle would likely…

"My perspective is that much of what we see happening along the physical barrier is a little bit of political theatre," said Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University.

It’s been five years since Covid 19 began spreading around the world from its origin in Wuhan, China. In that emergent time of the pandemic, there was widespread concern about clusters of the virus, in Italy, then Iran, then an outbreak at a nursing home in the Pacific Northwest. By…