by Web Editor | Sep 9, 2016 | News
The National Association of Home Builders is reporting today that U.S. home builders just completed four days of talks with Chilean government, trade and industry officials that are geared toward increasing exports of softwood lumber and other wood products to...
by Web Editor | Sep 7, 2016 | News
The provincial government is moving ahead with a new plan to “enhance the competitiveness” of B.C.’s forest industry at a time when Canada and the U.S. are still at loggerheads over reaching a new softwood lumber deal and the threat of U.S.-imposed...
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 | Aug 5, 2016 | News
Fording a flood of cheaper lumber imported from Canada, local lumber interests met with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Tuesday to jointly call for a new trade agreement or risk whittling the industry at home. “What we need is a fair system that allows individuals and...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2016 | News
With Americans buying more new homes than at any time since the recession, the cost of the wood used to build them is rising. Lumber prices are off to their biggest rally in more than a decade, touching a 19-month high last week as demand increased from builders. But...
