 U.S. imposes preliminary duties up to 24% on 'subsidized' Canadian softwood lumber Canada's forest industry felt the slap of the countervailing duties they were bracing for late Monday, with confirmation out of Washington that a U.S. Commerce Department investigation has once again concluded that softwood lumber imports are unfairly subCommentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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So far Canada - 4, USA - 0
Nothing's changed. Just a few assholes looking to make some short term bucks while the courts sort it all out again.
What is this round five?
So far Canada - 4, USA - 0
Nothing's changed. Just a few assholes looking to make some short term bucks while the courts sort it all out again.
You're right that Trump will lose this under NAFTA but he's a manipulator so the actual point here is he will use the decision on NAFTA to justify withdrawing from NAFTA.
What is this round five?
So far Canada - 4, USA - 0
Nothing's changed. Just a few assholes looking to make some short term bucks while the courts sort it all out again.
You're right that Trump will lose this under NAFTA but he's a manipulator so the actual point here is he will use the decision on NAFTA to justify withdrawing from NAFTA.
Wouldn't make me cry. Would make CANZUK happen quicker.
They want to own our forests, cut the wood and ship it raw to larger mills with cheaper labour in the USA and then sell the denuded land. Anything else is a subsidy.
It's not NAFTA, never was.
They want to own our forests, cut the wood and ship it raw to larger mills with cheaper labour in the USA and then sell the denuded land. Anything else is a subsidy.
Could be a double play
It's not NAFTA, never was.
They want to own our forests, cut the wood and ship it raw to larger mills with cheaper labour in the USA and then sell the denuded land. Anything else is a subsidy.
The Dairy and Lumber issues Trump is saber rattling lately are not covered under NAFTA. They were specifically excluded.
Timber forests in the US are primarily privately owned. To harvest timber, there are market rates. In Canada, it's mostly Crown land, and the Crown sets rates. The people that sell timber in the US have decided that's "unfair" and a "subsidy" because government.
All our softwood disputes have been about US companies wanting to buy the Crown land for the right to sell timber. Every time we've challenged these import duties, we've won in court. Yes, I'm looking at you PM Harper.
Milk, Corn, Cotton subsidies are fine, but don't 'subsidize' foreign lumber!
Subsidies benefit the importing nation much more than the subsidizing one. A foreign country's subsidization of their industry is like a free gift to the importing nation.
You just blew my mind.
Yea, makes sense. Never thought of it in those terms before.
Would plus rep, but alas I can't.
Would plus rep, but alas I can't.
Send whisky. He likes that.