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Canada, U.S. At Loggerheads Again Over Softwood Lumber

With less than a year to go until the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement expires, lines are being drawn on both sides of the border over the future of lumber trade between the two countries. Canadian producers say they want to extend the agreement, which has...

2013 Softwood Lumber Global Trade Highest In Five Years

Global trade of both logs and softwood lumber was higher in 2013 than it was in 2012 with both products reaching their highest levels traded since before the global financial crises in 2008, as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). The total value that was...

Canada Pleased With Softwood Lumber Agreement Extension

The agreement that ended many years of trade disputes over duties and other barriers to selling wood across the Canada-U.S. border was set to expire in 2013, but will be extended until 2015, and industry associations across Canada are pleased with the news. President...

U.S., Canada Extend Softwood Lumber Agreement

A two-year extension to the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) has been agreed upon, extending the program to October 2015 and granting stability to the volume softwood trade between the U.S. and Canada. The SLA was originally signed by the U.S. and Canadian...