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Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter
Security and Economic Competitiveness
Update on Progress
Presentation to the
Canada-U.S. Transportation Border Working Group
Evan Travers
Privy Council Office
21 October 2014
Deborah Meyers
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Overview
• Introduction
• The U.S. – Canada relationship
• The Beyond the Border Declaration and Action Plan
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Addressing Threats Early
Trade Facilitation, Economic Growth and Jobs
Cross-Border Law Enforcement
Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity
• Next steps
• Closing
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The U.S. and Canada:
Friends, Neighbours, Allies
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● $2 billion goods and service trade every day (World’s largest bilateral trade
relationship)
● 19% of all U.S. exports destined to Canada
● Canada is #1 export destination for > 35 of the 50 U.S. states
● Export to Canada supports more than 1.69M U.S. jobs
● 300,000+ people cross the border every day
● Connected by >120 land ports of entry and >115,000 annual flights
● Share critical infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, pipelines, and
electricity grids
● Canada is the #1 foreign supplier of oil and natural gas to the U.S.
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Background
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Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and
Economic Competitiveness (Feb. 4, 2011)
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Articulates a perimeter approach to security working together within, at,
and away from our borders
Beyond the Border Action Plan (Dec. 7, 2011)
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Specifies commitments, milestones, and metrics and includes over 30
specific initiatives with timelines and responsible agencies in four
buckets
Beyond the Border Implementation Report
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Describes the progress made in achieving the goals set out in the Action
Plan; will be issued annually
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Addressing Threats Early
Commitments:
• Conduct joint threat assessments
• Improve information sharing in support
of law enforcement and national security
• Enhance domain awareness
• Adopt a common approach to traveller
and baggage screening
• Improve information sharing on
immigration and border determinations
• Develop a harmonized approach to
screening inbound cargo
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• Introduce entry-exit verification
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Addressing Threats Early
Recent progress:
• Canada moving to deploy Electronic Travel Authorization /
Interactive Advance Passenger Information systems to mirror
existing U.S. ESTA/APIS Quick Query systems
• Entry/Exit Phase I a success; Phase II now underway; Phases III
and IV to come
• Integrated Cargo Security Strategy (ICSS) pilot at Prince
Rupert now in evaluation phase
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Addressing Threats Early
Recent progress:
• TSA-certified Explosives Detection Equipment at
preclearance airports in Canada to eliminate the
rescreening of checked bags on connecting flights
• Signed an Immigration Information Sharing
Agreement
– began biographic information sharing December 2013
– intend to begin biometric sharing in 2015
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Trade Facilitation,
Economic Growth and Jobs
Commitments:
• Expand trusted trader and
traveller programs
• Reduce red tape for shippers
and facilitate access for crossborder travellers
• Plan and improve infrastructure
and technology jointly
• Implement additional
preclearance and pre-inspection
activities
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Trade Facilitation,
Economic Growth and Jobs
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Recent progress on Infrastructure:
• $250M invested on both sides of the border
• Canada investing in new NEXUS lanes (10 to date) and
RFID readers (2 lanes at 11 POEs to date) to match U.S.
investments
• First joint Border Infrastructure Investment Plan
published in 2013; second forthcoming
• Technology pilots for Small and Remote Ports of Entry
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Trade Facilitation,
Economic Growth and Jobs
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Recent progress on Trusted Travellers and Traders:
• More trusted travellers with more benefits:
– More than 1M NEXUS members
– Global Entry benefits; pre-board screening benefits; North
American Trusted Traveller Program (with Mexico); eGate pilot
• New CSA Platinum benefits
• Harmonized PIP/C-TPAT Portal forthcoming
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Trade Facilitation,
Economic Growth and Jobs
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Recent progress on preclearance and pre-inspection:
• Truck cargo pre-inspection phase I pilot at PacHwy
successfully concluded in November 2013
• Phase II pilot launched at Buffalo/Fort Erie in February
2014
• Work underway on a preclearance agreement in the
land, rail and marine modes, with modernization in the air
mode
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Cross-Border Law Enforcement /
Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity
Commitments:
• Make police radios interoperable
• Deepen cross-border law
enforcement cooperation
(Shiprider)
• Expand cybersecurity cooperation
• Expand critical infrastructure
protection
• Conduct joint emergency
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management planning
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Cross-Border Law Enforcement /
Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity
Recent progress:
• Deployed two regularized Shiprider teams (Vancouver/
Blaine and Windsor/Detroit), and conducted surge
operations elsewhere
• Completed the first cross-border Regional Resilience
Assessment Program (RRAP) in ME/NB, and launched
the second in AK/YT
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Next Steps
• Senior-level Executive Steering Committee held in
Canada’s capital region in September 2014
– Included an observer from the Mexican Foreign Ministry
– Goals: to advance key initiatives, discuss future directions and
agree to a way forward in the coming year
• Third joint Implementation Report expected in December
2014
• Stakeholder engagement an ongoing priority
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For more information
www.dhs.gov/beyond-the-border
[email protected]
www.actionplan.gc.ca/border
[email protected]
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