<span style="color: #222222;">Ford and Toyota companies have said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked U.S-Canada border crossings that have prompted warnings from Washington and Ottawa of economic damage.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Many pandemic-weary Western countries will soon mark two years of restrictions with similar protests spreading to Australia, New Zealand and France.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Horn-blaring protests have been causing gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January and from Monday night, truckers shut inbound Canada traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, a supply route for Detroit's carmakers and agricultural products.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Another border crossing, in Alberta province in Canada, has been closed in both directions since late on Tuesday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' More than two-thirds of the 511 billion US dollars in goods traded annually between Canada and the United States is transported by road.</span><br />''  <br />