First lumber, now drywall in Canada-U.S. trade tensions
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Canada imported about $277-million worth of lime and gypsum products last year, about 97 per cent of it from U.S. manufacturers, according to Statistics Canada.”
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No company in Canada can compete against U.S. products dumped at such a low price levels,“ Matt Walker, general manager of Mississauga-based CertainTeed Gypsum Canada, said in an e-mail statement through an external spokesman. U.S. companies have been selling product in Canada at as much as half the price they sell it south of the border.”