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Article: The Canada-Alaska connection: neighbors helping neighbors.(WORLD TRADE CENTER SPECIAL SECTION)
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Alaska's relationship with its next-door neighbor, Canada, is one of the state's most important international partnerships. Approximately 1,500 miles of common border and many shared interests, including significant commercial and cultural ties, drive this long-standing, multi-faceted connection. There is extensive cross-border trade and, in recent years, Alaskans and Canadians have teamed up to pursue a variety of business ventures and to jointly promote tourism.
Canada's involvement with Alaska's economy is significant and takes place on a number of levels. Canada is a major trading partner of Alaska, and Canadian firms have made ...
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