Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’

News reporting on travel restrictions between Canada and the US during the COVID-19 pandemic: An equity-based analysis The worldwide use of different types of travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic was unprecedented. However, there remains need for fuller underst…

New article! We looked at news reporting on travel measures during the pandemic. We ask how different forms of inequity associated with restrictions applied to cross-border travel were presented and what can we learn that might inform policy recs about the use of such measures in the future.

BPRI is working with the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce to conduct a survey to assess Whatcom County businesses' perceptions and responses to changes in cross-border tourism and shopping last year. Please share!👇

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Believe Your Eyes People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.

Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Changes include:

👉 Increased biometric collection and digital requirements
👉Shifts in digital applications with population-specific mechanisms for travelers to process their exit and entry requirements
👉Removal of exemptions for certain types of Canadian travelers
👉Proposed changes to ESTA & I-94s

In the last year, changes in US border policy suggest a shift toward heightened securitization and more unilateral enforcement of the northern border, a departure from the integrated binational approach historically employed by Canada and the US to manage their ‘shared’ border.

📣 New publication alert!

Our new Brief highlights changes to US border policy – both proposed and implemented – that may ‘thicken’ the border crossing experience by increasing processing times, and potentially wait times for both Canadians and for non-Canadians traveling from Canada to the US.

Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.

Very much worth the read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

I spoke with New Republic about #border state economic ties with #Canada and the impacts we could expect from this #trade war and increasingly heated rhetoric. The downstream effects on border communities will be varied and numerous.

everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring

@bpri.bsky.social director Dr. Laurie Trautman and CFR’s Edward Alden speaking about their new book at Village Books! @edwardalden.bsky.social

Every day, electricity crosses the #Canada-US #border. In 2023, Canada provided power equal to electricity consumption by 4.58 million homes. On Tuesday, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on energy imports from Canada, which will most likely translate to higher utility bills for these millions of home.

From Alaska to Maine, communities that border Canada worry US tariffs come at a personal cost The 25% tariff on most imported Canadian goods that President Donald Trump’s plans to impose Tuesday has touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border.

Just out- AP covers what tariffs could mean for communities along the #Canada-#US #border, featuring @bpri.bsky.social research from our #trade in the #borderlands work. Read more here 👇

It’s hard to stay engaged, but vitally important. I also know it’s hard to see the silver-lining, but there are many people doing good work out there to maintain relationships and make progress.

I think the time is nigh to die on every hill rather than be strategic about your battles. Get your head in the games, people.

Even with the pause in #tariffs, we’ve done some serious damage to our relationship with #Canada and #Mexico, and I don’t really think Americans have fully reckoned with that.

Politicians often frame #tariffs like those Trump proposed as punishment for other countries, but they hit Americans hardest—raising grocery bills and disrupting businesses. An economics professor explains: https://buff.ly/3Q3y0Lm (Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth)

And what the admin wants will most definitely change in a month.

Any arguments that Trump and co make about #tariffs being about evening the playing field for American industry are out the window after agreements made today between #Canada and #Mexico. Tariffs were always about strong-arming our neighbors and biggest trading partners into getting what he wants.

Right?! I’m working on my alternatives to Meta products (which makes me feel SO old, but I digress…) but I am truly addicted to the NYT games, so unfortunate they had to ruin it by being complicit in this nonsense.

Trump’s proposed Canada tariff could boost Northwest energy bills President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Canadian imports could be an expensive proposition for the Pacific Northwest, which depends heavily on its northern neighbors for energy supplies.

We won’t know the full impacts until we know what #tariffs actually end up looking like, but it’s important to understand that tariffs are a tax on imports. The buyer pays - American companies pay. On top of that, there will be unintended consequences, particularly in #border communities.

Why Tariffs Are Different The Trump administration is off to a slow start on tariffs.

Way to sane-wash Trump Tariff policy, NYT.

Insightful points from @edwardalden.bsky.social

That’s one strategy, but no fun!

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Dry January is the worsttttt

Trump's 'Military Deployment' order sends military personnel to patrol our U.S. border.

Impacts: Police State surveillance in border communities; greater risk of violence to citizens, non-citizens, and servicemembers (3/11)

Welp, #tiktok is going the way of #Twitter #x looks like this is the last refuge…don’t do us wrong #bluesky

BPRI’s amazing team has been working hard to put together this resource that aims to show the depth and breadth of the Canada-US relationship.

It’s critical to understand our economic integration as we venture into this next administration. #tariffs #border #Canada