{"id":13652,"date":"2020-03-18T23:14:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=13652"},"modified":"2020-03-18T23:15:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:15:24","slug":"all-non-essential-border-traffic-closed-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/13652","title":{"rendered":"All Non-Essential Border Traffic Closed between U.S. and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump says the U.S. will temporarily close its border with Canada to &#8216;non-essential traffic&#8217; due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States will temporarily close its border with Canada to \u201cnon-essential traffic\u201d due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1240271178692005889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Trump said \u201cWe will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic,\u201d wrote in a tweet. \u201cTrade will not be affected.<\/p>\n<p>The unprecedented move will close off all non-essential traffic of people and services across the world&#8217;s longest unprotected border. Canada and the U.S. are each other&#8217;s largest trading partners, with some 70% of Canadian goods destined for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s move came a day after the European Union agreed to close its external borders to non-citizens, and two days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced similar restrictions on his country\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCanada and the United States will temporarily restrict all non-essential travel across the Canada-U.S. border,\u201d said Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a>. \u201cEssential travel will continue&#8230;it is critical that we preserve supply chains between both countries.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3zXoHbACiy\">https:\/\/t.co\/3zXoHbACiy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8M2HFgwNMq\">pic.twitter.com\/8M2HFgwNMq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Power &amp; Politics (@PnPCBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PnPCBC\/status\/1240289528730058758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S., Canada and Mexico recently sanctioned a revamped version of the North American Free Trade Agreement, called the United States, Canada Mexico Free Trade agreement, or USMCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump says the U.S. will temporarily close its border with Canada to &#8216;non-essential traffic&#8217; due to the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States will temporarily close its border with Canada to \u201cnon-essential traffic\u201d due to the coronavirus pandemic. 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