Tag: us industry

  • Canada Requests WTO Consultations on US Paper Duty

    Ottawa has asked the World Trade Organization for a review, by a binational panel under the North American Free Trade Agreement, into US countervailing duties of up to 20 per cent on almost $1 billion in annual exports of supercalendered paper from Canada. Exports of supercalendered paper from Canada to the United States were valued…

  • Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015

    New forest industry data out this week from Statistics Canada, the US Census, and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service: VOLUMES of Softwood Lumber Production in Canada for full-year 2015 rose by 7.6% , to 62.9744 million cubic metres, compared to 58.1583 million cubic metres the previous year. VALUES of US Sawmill Products Imports from Canada…

  • More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions

    Last week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…

  • More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions

    Last week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…

  • Canada-US Softwood Lumber Discussions

    Ottawa and Washington have begun talks toward renewing a pact regarding the export of Canadian lumber to US markets, Canada’s trade minister, Chrystia Freeland told lawmakers in Ottawa Thursday, said NASDAQ.com. Freeland said Canadian negotiators were in Washington last week to meet with their US counterparts about a new lumber-trade agreement. A spokesperson for the…