N.B. Lumber Producers Say Tariff Reduction Step In Right Direction But Still Not Enough
The U.S. set a new duty rate of 8.99 percent on Canadian softwood lumber, down from the 20.23 percent set in 2017.
The U.S. set a new duty rate of 8.99 percent on Canadian softwood lumber, down from the 20.23 percent set in 2017.
For more than two years, softwood lumber entering the U.S. from Canada have been subject to tariffs. But Higgs said imports from Europe, which are not subject to tariffs, are “pouring in” to the eastern U.S.
Canada has won several challenges over similar softwood issues in the past.
Computer models show hardwood varieties would do better with rising temperatures.
Brian Gallant will meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary ahead of an early September decision on tariffs
New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant will talk trade with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Jr.
The new tariffs will be charged on lumber from New Brunswick, but not the other Atlantic Canadian provinces.
The rally organized by Unifor was also accompanied by simultaneous ones at locations in Ontario and Quebec.
Freeland confident a deal can be reached because U.S. market needs access to Canadian wood supply
Former premier David Alward, now Canada’s Consul General to New England, weighs in on the U.S.-Canada trade relationship.