The thriving border trade at the town of Mae Sot dried up three months ago.
Party chieftains administering the Chinese provinces bordering North Korea are critical to meaningful enforcement of tightened sanctions, but they care more about the flourishing border trade and investment opportunities in the North than implementing the will of the U.N.
My primary message at the conference was to convey that President Obama and his administration understand the value of border trade and the contributions that border communities make each and every day to our national wellbeing.
Aysha Yeshil, one of the trade fair's organizers, says the growing border crisis crippled the trade fair.
The Chinese reciprocated by opening border trade on the Nathu La pass after 40 years - a move many in India saw as recognition of Indian control over Sikkim.
Mick Harty talked of the cross-border trade in stallions and looked faintly murderous.
Prior to the establishment of CITES in 1973, there was no international regulation of the cross-border trade in wildlife.
And undocumented Mexicans continued to sneak across the border despite the trade deal that was supposed to keep them home.
So there you have it: despite the world's anger at North Korean provocations in 2006, the regime's head, Kim Jong Il, and his cronies can still lay their hands on a case of cognac when they feel like one, easily obtainable like so much else from the cross-border trade with China.
It also raises the prospect of boosting trade on the Tripura border surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh which until now has been effectively at a stand-still.
Around the time of the Abbasid dynasty, cross-border trade became extremely active in the Islamic world with merchants acting as mediators for the movement of goods among western and African countries, India, and (later) China.
The driving force behind the commercialization of the Razavi Foundation is Ayatollah Tabasi's son, Naser, who was put in charge of the Sarakhs Free Trade Zone, on the border with the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan.
In addition, while the Wazirs control some of the most fertile valleys and lucrative trade routes on the border, the Mehsuds are left with largely barren mountains and barely an exit route which they can undisputedly call their own.
The United States and Mexico are also working more closely together to speed legal trade across the border.
Another deterrent to investment might be the deeper penetration of trade unions north of the border which Canada will not be able to change at the stroke of a pen.
Until the border is open to trade and materials, it will be impossible to rebuild Gaza or give its people a life approaching normality.
His comments came after US ambassador Tony Garza said he was concerned that drug-related violence in the border area could affect trade and tourism.
All told, Lee interviewed 77 North Korean women inside China, in northeastern areas near the border and sex-trade hubs such as the port city of Qingdao.
Caviar traders are supposed to certify all imported goods, but, writes Saffron, this treaty only limits the cross-border caviar trade and does not prevent overfishing in Russia.
Indian foreign policy elites defend this unprincipled policy by pointing to cooperation between the Indian and Burmese militaries on their restive common border, and the growth in trade between the two countries.
That applies to the drug trade, gun smuggling, border security, the environment and illegal immigration.
The company made the world's first cross-border carbon trade in 2002 when it brokered the sale of credits for 200, 000 tons of carbon dioxide from the government of Slovakia to a Japanese buyer.
But it was the core trade-off securing the border against future illegal immigration while setting up a 13-year process by which immigrants unlawfully in the country could qualify for citizenship that generated the most controversy by far.
The OECD argues that the cost of new border restrictions could increase the cost of foreign trade by around 1% to 3%, and could lead to a reduction in trade flows by several times as much - by between 3% and 9% - more than counterbalancing the savings made by tariff cuts in the last round of trade talks.
Black markets have sprung up, along with a thriving petty trade across the border with China.
Chambers of commerce on both sides of the border are pushing hard for trade liberalisation.
However, he said, for those involved in trade, the border dispute is insignificant.
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India and Pakistan have resumed cross-border trade in the Jammu region more than a fortnight after ties were suspended following military tensions in Kashmir.
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Because with over a billion dollars in trade crossing the border every single day, smarter border management is key to our competitiveness, our job creation, and my goal of doubling U.S. exports.
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"This time, their slogan is 'Turn grief to strength' and they're paying much more attention to business and the economy, " said a veteran official at one of the biggest Chinese cross-border trade companies.
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