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Over the past three years, The Fraser Institute has
surveyed Canadian companies about the state of Canada-US trade
relations and the incidence on non-tariff and non-quota trade
barriers that companies operating in Canada face when exporting
to the United States. The survey reveals largely unseen problems
affecting Canadian exporters and may also be a harbinger of more
problems to come. The vast majority of respondents believed
protectionist sentiment is building in the United States and that
this sentiment is already affecting Canadian companies' ability
to sell in the United States.
The types of trade barriers examined here are used on both sides
of the border but this study gives a Canadian perspective on
crossborder issues by surveying only Canadian exporters. The
survey focuses on three broad categories: discriminatory
regulations, border delays, and domestic content
requirements.
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