Ontario Responds To Latest U.S. Department Of Commerce Decision On Softwood Lumber Duties

Trade panel sends U.S. softwood lumber duties back to Washington

Subhead:A USMCA panel with an American majority has found the U.S. Commerce Department couldn’t back up its claim that four provinces rig their timber markets. Ottawa took almost a week to notice.#   A USMCA trade panel has ordered the U.S. Department of Commerce to go back and justify — or redo — fifteen pieces of its softwood lumber duty findings against Canada, in a ruling that took nearly six years to arrive. The decision was filed on Octobe…

Ontario Responds To Latest U.S. Department Of Commerce Decision On Softwood Lumber Duties

Kevin Holland, Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products; Mike Harris, Minister of Natural Resources; and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued a statement in response to the latest U.S. Department of Commerce decision on softwood lumber duties: Ontario’s position is clear. Duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports are unjustified and are hurting workers, businesses and communities in Canada and t…

U.S. softwood lumber duties unjustified, Ontario ministers say after rate decrease

Three Ontario ministers say duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports remain unjustified, even after the United States decreased the duty rate to 24.75 per cent. Kevin Holland, associate minister of forestry and forest products, Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris and Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli issued a joint statement Wednesday in response to the latest […]