by Web Editor | Aug 2, 2017 | News
Canada and the United States must chop down one big, remaining impediment to a deal on softwood lumber and this obstacle involves wood from neither country but from other places: Germany, Sweden, Chile, Brazil and Russia. This irritant over distant imports is...
by Web Editor | Oct 28, 2016 | News
The Canadian government is warning U.S. politicians about the consequences of a possible new softwood lumber dispute. A letter from International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and David MacNaughton, the Canadian ambassador to Washington, went out today to two-dozen...
by Web Editor | Aug 19, 2016 | News
Canada, U.S. Far Apart On Softwood Lumber With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin Moen told a parliamentary committee on...
by Web Editor | Jul 13, 2016 | News
Hopes of avoiding a new round of U.S. duties on imported softwood lumber are fading for companies like EACOM Timber Corporation which owns sawmills in Timmins and Gogama. “The American market is critical for us … the majority of our shipments are destined to the...
by Web Editor | Oct 19, 2015 | News
The U.S. Lumber Coalition says the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement, which expired October 12, 2015, is due for a rewrite after nine years. “World timber and lumber markets have evolved and the 2006 agreement is now outdated,” says Charlie Thomas,...
