State trade fact sheets - New Hampshire

A Borderlands Biking Destination

In 2019, seven organizations in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Quebec launched an effort to promote mountain biking and boost the area’s economy. The effort, entitled “Borderlands,” has a goal to make seven mountain biking areas encompassing 220 miles of trails more prominent by putting them under one marketing entity. Taylor Caswell, NH Commissioner of Business & Economic Affairs, a strong proponent of furthering economic ties with Canada and supporter of the project, noted that Borderlands could highlight the North Country as a great place to live, as well as make it more attractive to Canadian tourists. NH’s part of the project, with three areas, has already received $150,000 from public and private sources including the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development.

Working Together to Prevent Hazardous Waste

Montréal-based Maerix, a leader in the development of management solutions used by Environmental Health and Safety specialists, opened an office in West Lebanon, NH in 2018 to better serve its U.S. customers. In April 2019, they announced the installation of Paratox, its hazardous materials management system, at Alcoa sites in seven countries around the world. Maerix operates in 25 countries on five continents and has been working for 20 years with over 300 organizations representing 200,000 users.

Canada and the U.S.: There for Each Other

In 2020, Canada and the U.S. again worked together as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the world. Canada and the U.S. preserved supply chains across the border, deeming trucking essential. Canada and the U.S. traded important inputs for the production of personal protective equipment and medical equipment, maintaining a thriving bilateral trade in finished goods. Soon after the outbreak, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research began awarding grants to joint research projects proposed by Canadian and U.S. institutions to try and find an end to the virus.

No matter our shared challenges and as we have done in times of crisis, Canada and the U.S. will continue to support one another as friends, partners and allies.