N.H., Quebec push business cooperation

By Bob Sanders

Friday, May 23, 2008

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With an economic slump affecting both sides of the Canadian border, and despite a growing trade imbalance, the Quebec and New Hampshire chambers of commerce met in New Hampshire May 12 to formalize their cooperative efforts with the aim of remaining more competitive in international markets.

While the agreement doesn’t include the billion-dollar elephant sitting in the living room — the wood industry — the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Quebec forged the Quebec-New Hampshire Business Partnership, a document that sketches in broad terms the areas on which the business organizations hope to cooperate. The one specific item that featured in the agreement is to meet once a year and provide links on each other’s Web sites.

“New Hampshire’s major trade partner is Canada,â€