LINKS July 26, 2012

BORDER

American agency poised to criticize Canada for luring cargo from US ports [CP]

Costly Canadian border bottlenecks frustrate Minnesota businesses [Star Tribune]

Immigration crackdown in upstate New York [nacla.org]

Top Ten customs-related issues facing Canadian importers [Financial Post]

NEXUS program lifts residency requirement [Delta Optimist]

New NEXUS lane open in BC [Marketwire]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Latest Canadian export to Main Street USA: Joe Fresh [Wall Street Journal]

Drought to drive up food prices next year, US says [NY Times]

Fed sees benefits and risks in new moves [NY Times]

US Senate passes bill to keep tax cuts for middle class [Washington Post]

DEFENSE

 Canada open to boosting Syrian humanitarian aid [CBC]

Baird rejects military intervention in Syria [Globe and Mail]

Al Qaeda taking deadly new role in Syria’s conflict [NY Times]

Ignatius: The “day after” in Syria [Washington Post]

ENERGY

Keystone XL foes protest on anniversary [Omaha World-Herald]

Montana congressmen push Obama on Keystone XL [Missoulian]

US Senate GOP plan new push to approve Keystone XL, expand offshore drilling [The Hill]

TransCanada urged to “Go East” [Financial Post]

Republicans, Nexen, and Keystone XL [Macleans.ca]

BC calls on Alberta, Ottawa to join pipeline talks [Globe and Mail]

 More weather extremes leave parts of US grid buckling [NY Times]

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