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Canada Considers Retaliatory Trade Actions Against the Latest US Softwood Lumber Duties
BREAKING NEWS MID-DAY FRIDAY: The Canadian government has found several Oregon business-assistance programs it says may constitute illegal subsidies. It is considering a process that could lead to retaliatory duties on imports from that state’s products, such as plywood, flooring, wood chips, packaging material and wine, according to several mainstream news sources mid-day Friday. Prime…
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Material Updates on US Softwood Lumber Duty
The much-anticipated Preliminary Countervailing Duty on a wide range of Canadian softwood lumber product exports into the US became known last week, but the announcement created more questions than it answered. Forest operators in the north scrambled to all available sources for answers about changes to paperwork and any new mechanism at the border, while…
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US Customs and Border Protection Instructions re: CVD/CC Preliminary Determinations
The level of sheer disorganization and lack of clarity on this latest US softwood lumber duty is appalling even to Madison’s, where we are used to a cumbersome and unclear process at the beginning of every new Canada-US Softwood Lumber Dispute: The US. Department of Commerce’s Preliminary CVD Announcement was published in the Federal Register…
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Canada Federal Government Lumber Trade Update
Attendees this week at the BC Council of Forest Industries AGM in downtown Vancouver, BC, got an excellent update on Canada-US softwood lumber trade issues from Assistant Deputy Minister at Global Affairs Canada, Kirsten Hillman, and BC Lumber Trade Envoy David Emerson. Robust ongoing demand and looming potentially-retroactive duties on softwood lumber later this month…
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BC New Representative for Softwood Lumber Trade
The British Columbia government has switched chief negotiators on the softwood lumber file, according to the Vancouver Sun October 12. Dana Hayden, a former BC deputy minister for forests and international trade, left the job on September 30 after two years as chief negotiator. BC replaced her with John Allan, the former president of the…
