U.S. legislation proposing environmental-impact tariffs on imports could violate free trade accords and embroil Washington and its trading partners in serious disputes.

Warren Buffett’s divestment from PetroChina prompted victory cries from Darfur activists, but longer-term concerns seem a more likely explanation for the sale.

Shortages of skilled labor in Canada’s oil sector are causing wages to rise and could cause global ripples in the industry.

A summit of like-minded North American leaders in Quebec addressed trade, immigration, and security issues.

Casualties among Canadian forces in Afghanistan are up, resulting in growing anti-war attitudes north of the border.

The arrest of seventeen people in Canada who allegedly comprise an Islamic terrorist cell raises new questions about homegrown extremism in North America. While Canadians wrestle with their own vulnerability, the arrests prompted U.S. officials to reexamine security on their oft-ignored northern border.

Max Boot discusses David Hackett Fischer's latest work, Champlain's Dream.

Lawrence Cannon, Canadian minister of foreign affairs, examines how the new economic goals set forth by President Obama can be realized in Canada and how both countries continue to work together in addressing issues abroad and trans-nationally.

Canada has a comparatively open immigration policy designed to attract a group of diverse, educated professionals. But recent arrests linked to a terror cell have raised questions about integration of Muslims and lax policy.

The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.

Secretary John Kerry and Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird gave these remarks on February 8, 2013. They discussed the U.S.-Canadian trade, travel, and security initiative laid out by President Obama and Prime Minister Harper in 2011, and how the two countries collaborate on energy and global foreign policy issues.

The U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) Action Plan was released in December 2011. The plan pertains to the two countries' bilateral trade and investment relationship.

This U.S.-Canada "Beyond the Border" action plan was released in December 2011. The White House press release states,

"The BTB Action Plan sets out joint priorities for achieving a new long-term security partnership in four key areas, guided by mutual respect for sovereignty and our separate constitutional and legal frameworks that protect individual privacy:

• addressing threats early;
• promoting trade facilitation, economic growth, and jobs;
• strengthening cross-border law enforcement; and
• protecting shared critical infrastructure, including enhancing continental and global cybersecurity."

President Obama and Canadian prime minister Harper gave these remarks in Washington, DC on December 7, 2011.