Canadian lumber exports

Started by quiller, April 27, 2017, 02:45:40 AM

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quiller

NAFTA gets renegotiated, after Trump applied pressure on both Canada and Mexico.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/26/trump-wont-terminate-nafta-agrees-renegotiate-trea/

Here's a brief Canadian-produced video overview which fairly mentions that the dispute between Canada and the U.S. over Canadian lumber exports has endured from the 1980s...and the recent dramatic hike in U.S. fees would have happened even had Trump not won the election. (THAT part isn't widely-touted on our side of the border.)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/video/video-why-the-us-has-a-problem-with-canadas-softwood-exports/article34818508/#videouuid_4dd628fa-8ab9-4a0f-a9a4-dc1100a8d4b0