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Canada-US relations
in an
Age of Superstitions
Sumner Bernstein Forum for International Understanding Brian Lee Crowley, President, AIMS
The mercantilist superstition:
Exports Good
Imports Bad
Whatever can be done will
be done by someone,
somewhere.
The only question is whether
it will be done by you or to
you.
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Equa
tor
The Resurgence of All-Water Services to the East Coast
Landbridge
Westbound Route
Eastbound Route
Zone of Contestability
New York (1):
75% (2005)
60% (2020) New York (2+3):
25% (2005)
40% (2020)
NY
Savannah
PanamaRoute
New Direct Links
17 (2002)
26 (2007)
1
2
3
Maine surrounded by Canada
13
North American Rail System
Maine: International Truck Flows for Border Crossings, 1998
Champlain Area: International Truck Flows for Border
Crossings, 1998
Coastal Service Network on the East Coast
Road Trains
Common LCVs Common Non-LCV trucks
Rocky Mountain Double
Turnpike Double
Triple
Combination with Single trailer
Combination with Twin Trailers
Straight Truck with Trailer
Connected with Draw Bar (Lengths
Vary)|----26’- 28’-----| |----26’-28’----| |----26’-28’---|
|----------45’- 48’-----------| |-----------45’-48’-----------|
|----------45’- 48’-----------| |----26’-28’----||-----------40’- 53’------------|
|----26’- 28’----| |----26’-28’----|
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