On Monday October 27, 2008, in Ottawa, the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute held its 7th annual conference on foreign policy and defence issues. This year the conference explored four key areas of cross-border relations: territorial and resource issues; multilateral and unilateral relations and spheres of influence; North American defence issues; and border issues such as cross-border business, immigration, and intellectual property rights.
The third session of the conference examined Canada-US border issues and featured Brad Huther (U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Rick Van Schoik (Arizona State University), Dean Sherratt (DFAIT), and Amgad Shehata (UPS).