Critics assail U.S. plan to beef up customs

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The U.S. Customs Service has announced that it will increase efforts at the U.S./Canadian border, including plans for additional funding for bomb detection equipment. The border security plan, which includes an increase of almost 600 more Customs Service agents, has been criticized by the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

Customs Regulations, Laws, regulations and rules, International aspects, Customs administration, United States. Customs Service, Canadian Trucking Alliance

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Relations with Bush regime hit a knot; Americans threaten 20% duty on lumber

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A softwood lumber agreement between the US and Canada will expire on Mar 31, 2001, and the George W. Bush administration plans to increase the duty on softwood lumber to 20% or more. Canada exports softwood lumber worth $10 billion per year to the US and this new duty would cost producers as much as $2 billion.

International economic relations, Sawmills, Sawmills and planing mills, general, Tariffs & Duties, Softwood Lumber, Statistical Data Included, International trade, United States foreign relations, Lumber industry, Canadian foreign relations

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Leaders play 'let's make an energy deal'

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The Summit of the Americas included a discussion on energy by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox. A proposed continental energy pact may include concessions from Mexico.

PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Energy, Utilities, Trade Negotiations, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Portrayals, Energy industries, Power resources, Bush, George W., Energy industry, Free trade, Fox, Vicente, Chretien, Jean, Summit of the Americas

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