Removing a softwood trade splinter

August 25, 2017

A handful of government officials representing the timber producing Canadian provinces met in Washington Thursday to encourage a “negotiated solution” to the long-simmering softwood lumber trade dispute between the United States and Canada.

But the officials warned that the Canadian provinces are also “prepared to proceed with litigation on all fronts if a fair solution cannot be achieved.”

The Canadian government officials included David Wilkins of New Brunswick, Raymond Chretien of Quebec, Jim Peterson of Ontario, Gary Doer of Alberta, and David Emerson of British Columbia.

“Canada has demonstrated a willingness to be flexible in these discussions. We have tabled solid offers that respond to U.S. industry demands for a hard defined market share approach. Canada’s proposals would provide predictability to U.S. lumber mills while also ensuring safety valves to protect the U.S. housing and construction sectors in the event that the U.S. market is undersupplied,” the officials said in a joint statement.

This was excerpted from the 25 August 2017 edition of American Shipper.


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