Beyond border control

The global economy opens national borders to goods and people, legal and il legal. Narcotics, disease, illegal immigrants, and terrorists and their wea pons: all enjoy easier passage than ever before. Fortifying the frontiers i s no solution-it would slow down trade and globalization. International com panies and government regulators need to invest in new technologies to help border control keep pace with booming commerce. Then they must learn to co operate with one another.