National Press Release

WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- With trade a growing issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, Canadian government and business executives are launching a coordinated effort to promote the benefits of crossborder trade partnerships with the United States. Executive Editor William Cassidy provides an exclusive report on Canada's recent move to strengthen supply chains between the two countries in the current print and electronic editions of Traffic World.

Canadian Ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson is quoted in the article: "Our path to economic success, to continued growth and strengthened competitiveness, is our North American supply chain." Cassidy writes that executives are seeking to counter growing criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement, including statements made by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama.

Two U.S./Canada crossborder trade partnerships Cassidy cites in his story are automotive parts and breakfast cereals. In fact, for the production of Cheerios, 6,000 rail cars full of Canadian oats cross into the U.S.

Free access to the full article is available online at http://www.TrafficWorld.com, under "Government & Regulations."

Founded in 1907, Traffic World, the Washington-based logistics and transportation weekly, is published by Commonwealth Business Media Inc. (http://www.cbizmedia.com), a subsidiary of United Business Media plc (UBM.LN) (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com).

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SOURCE Traffic World