Barack Obama: Ottawa Bureau

Perimeter Security Dept: The plan would include joint border inspection agencies, placing U.S. food inspectors inside Canadian production plants and vice versa, the harmonization of regulations on food and manufactured goods and greater sharing of intelligence, according to CTV. "The American economy, struggling as it is, and given the fact we're their largest trading partner, both countries realize we've got to make our borders smoother for the flow of goods and people but at the same time make sure proper security measures are in place," Fife told 's Canada AM on Friday, from Washington and prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama are meeting in Washington Friday to sketch out a plan that would improve the flow of goods and people across the border, while also enhancing perimeter security. Harper and Obama want the plan completed within the year, said 's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife. As reported in the news.
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