US Election: Cross-border trade

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In the second of a two-part series, we travel to the US-Canada border to find out what people, businesses and industries are thinking ahead of the US election. From one of North America’s busiest border crossings, to Canada’s energy capital, we hear from those who might be impacted by November’s result.

South of the border, in Mexico, we hear how tension with China is benefitting America’s closest neighbours.

Presenter: Sam Gruet Producer: Megan Lawton

(Photo:: A road sign in Fort Erie, Ontario points in the direction of the Peace Bridge crossing to New York. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Business Daily on the BBC World Service. I'm Sam Gruet, here at America's
0:08.7	border with Canada. I'm on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge. It's a 1.6 kilometre long crossing
0:16.8	that joins the town of Fort Erie with the US city of Buffalo, New York.
0:22.9	Around 5,000 commercial vehicles pass over this bridge and the Niagara River every day,
0:29.2	transporting everything from cars to computer parts.
0:32.9	A popular route for people too, it's one of over 100 crossings all along the Canada-US border.
0:41.3	And on today's episode, we'll find out how that border actually works and how it might be
0:47.7	impacted by November's US election. I'm actually waiting for the election to happen and I'll be
0:52.7	back over there if who I want to win is going to win, besides that, I'll be staying on the Canadian side.
0:57.3	Hearing from the people and industries that rely on cross-border trade.
1:02.0	90% of Alberta's exports go into the United States and we are the biggest supplier of energy
1:07.7	into the United States.
1:09.1	And find out why politics and the border is sometimes a difficult subject to approach.
1:14.7	There's two things. You don't talk politics. You don't talk religion.
1:17.8	That's coming up on today's Business Daily on the BBC World Service.
1:23.1	It's a grey Monday afternoon on the banks of the Niagara River where the Peace Bridge is towering overhead.
1:29.9	There's a lorry park tucked behind some large metal gates over to my right.
1:34.6	Along the river on the Canadian side is south side's patio bar and grill.
1:40.3	Inside this typical North American bar, there's a typically straight-talking American bartender.
1:46.2	What's your name? Lauren.
1:47.6	Where are we right now, Lauren?
1:48.7	South Sides in Fort Erie, Ontario.
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