Trilateral border issues symposium, 18-19 March, 2013, Tempe, Arizona

tableOfContents: Executive summary of findings and synopsis of recommendations / D. Rick Van Schoik -- Annotated agenda. Opening keynote addresses -- Session 1: Setting the stage--the issues -- Session 2: Setting the stage--strategies for the northern and southern borders -- Session 3: Critical infrastructure protection -- Session 4: Border security operations -- Session 5: Managing trade and the economic impact -- Panel 6: Measuring success -- Papers. Productive borders assure a continued global North America / D. Rick Van Schoik -- Beating the odds / Thomas D'Aquino -- Setting the stage / Roberta Jacobson -- Borders and regulatory cooperation / Colin Robertson -- Dramatic incentives needed / Steven Globerman -- Cross-border and North American cooperation / Geoffrey Hale -- Infrastructure resilience strategy / Don Alper -- Border security issue / David Maloney -- The U.S.-Mexico line / Isidro Morales -- Agreeing on metrics / Damien Simmoneau -- Homeland and border security / Earl Fry -- Managing trade and economic impacts / Gary C. Hufbauer -- Customs trade partnership / Leslie A. Glick -- State of trade, competitiveness and economic well-being in the U.S.-Mexico border region / Erik Lee and Chris Wilson -- Measuring success / Michael Kergin -- North American processes and metrics / Mariko Silver -- Setting the stage / Duncan Wood -- Afterword.abstract: North American competitiveness is jeopardized by the transactional costs of internal borders. The advantage of proximity for just-in-time supply chains cannot be overstated. Even though the two smart/secure border accords had a number of common objectives there was no scorecard to track progress. Part of realizing the value of trade and the value of our neighbors is to change the story about borders and cast off the stereotypes of Canada and Mexico in the United State