Major Canadian Border Crossing Reopens
The Ambassador Bridge reopened Feb. 14 just after midnight, after protesters blocked the main exit and entrance of the bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit for six days, Canadian press reported. A few hours earlier, the White House said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had spoken with their Canadian counterparts about the issue that day. Auto plants in Michigan shut down temporarily because of the disruption.
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"This is a win for Michigan's working families who are just trying to do their jobs and for businesses who can get back to shipping their products and produce," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said in a news release. "It's time to get traffic and trade moving across North America's busiest land border crossing again." The release said state officials estimate that 10,000 commercial vehicles cross the bridge each day with about $325 million of goods, and that about $50 million of that amount is automotive parts. "Nearly 30% of the annual trade between Michigan and Canada comes across the Ambassador Bridge," it said.