Working Paper Analysis of Sub-Regional Economic Trends Potentially Affecting U.S.-Canada Trade Patterns

摘要

The report is a working paper prepared as an informal technical document forworking level communication and dissemination of preliminary information within the TransNET West project. It examines subregional factors affecting the pattern and distribution of U.S.-Canada trade. Included in this examination are regional population trends in the U.S. and Canada and the distribution of major exporting industries involved in U.S. Canada trade. The report describes the relationships between population distribution and the distribution of major exporting industries and regional patterns of U.S. Canada merchandise trade. Data and information contained herein may have been included as is or updated prior to inclusion in the final 7-volume report entitled Making Things Work: Transportation and Trade Expansion in Western North America, Vol. 1 (FHWA-PL-94-009-014); Volume 2 (FHWA-PL-94-009-015) and Volume 4 (FHWA-PL-94-009-017).