Heavy Traffic
Subtitle: Deregulation, Trade, and Transformation in North American Trucking (Canada and International Relations)
Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780774807692
Subjects: Central government policies; International relations; International trade; Road transport & haulage trades; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Canada; USA; POL028000; POL; Public Policy - General
Description: "Canada and the United States exchange the world's highest level of bilateral trade, valued at $1.4 billion a day. Two-thirds of this trade travels on trucks. Heavy Traffic examines the way in which the regulatory reform of American and Canadian trucking, coupled with free trade, has internationalized this vital industry.".

"As a study in public policy formation and the international effects of reform, it will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, international relations, and transportation."--BOOK JACKET.