Canada-US border to remain closed until July 21: Trudeau

Canada and the United States have agreed to keep their shared border closed until at least July 21, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday.

The world's longest international border, at 8,900 kilometers , was shut to all non-essential travel on March 21 in response to the coronavirus crisis, and the closure has been extended twice already. "I can now confirm that Canada and the United States have once again, agreed to extend by 30 days until July 21 the current measures in place along our border," Trudeau told a daily briefing.Prior to the pandemic, Can$2.4 billion worth of goods and more than 400,000 people crossed the border each day on average.

Its closure has led to a massive drop in cross-border traffic -- of up to 95 percent, according to Statistics Canada -- but trade has continued unabated.

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