A major US-Canada border crossing reopened late on Sunday almost a week after it was forced shut by truck driver-led protests against COVID-19 restrictions, prompting police to quell the demonstration with a series of arrests.
The blockading of the Ambassador Bridge, which handles an estimated 25 percent of trade between the two countries, had disrupted business in the world’s largest economy, and forced automakers in the US and Canada to halt or scale back production.
The demonstrations, which have also paralyzed the Canadian capital, Ottawa, have sparked similar movements in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand. Some US truckers are