One of the important trends in international commerce over the past decades has been the creation of common economic markets through the relaxation and elimination of barriers to passenger and freight movements across borders. The European Union has years of experience in developing governmental and private sector strategies for transitioning to an open boundaries policy toward international commerce. The purpose of this international scan was to investigate the issues, constraints, opportunities, and challenges faced by the European Union in developing an open boundaries policy, and the strategies used in implementing this policy. Lessons from this experience could be very relevant to the U.S., Canada and Mexico in developing a common North American market. For the complete report see http://freight.transportation.org/doc/EUScan-FullReport.pdf
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