WTCBN Podcast interview with Dr. Laurie Trautman, Director for the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. Join host Craig Turner, World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara President, and Laurie for their discussion on the U.S.-Canadian border, both the many opportunities that collaboration offers our cross-border communities, as well as the challenges posed by the current shutdown of "non-essential" cross border travel due to COVID-19. Learn how our economic and personal border impacts in Buffalo Niagara are shared at the western end of the CanAm border.

1:04 - Intro - Dr. Laurie Trautman, Director, Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University4:32 - CanAm Work with the Woodrow Wilson Center6:22 - Cross-Border Successes in the Pacific Northwest Region11:38 - Cross-Border Economic Opportunity14:43 - Impacts of the Border Closure17:35 - Message to Ottawa and Washington19:21 - Next Steps (2021)21:51 - Closing and more info