WBUR
August 19, 2026
Here & Now Newsroom
Host Rob Schmitz discusses the relationship between Michigan and Canada with Sandy K. Baruah President and Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Regional Chamber, one of the largest chambers of commerce in the U.S.
“So we may be two nations, but we’re definitely one region and we’re one economy,” Baruah said. “Over the last 100 plus years, the auto industry in particular, but other manufacturing and other types of industry, have built a binational, very integrated supply chain and customer chain that crosses the border.”