CANADA V US LATEST
May 1st, 2001
BY MONICA DOBIEA 15 per cent year-on-year jump in Canadian timber exports to the United States has alarmed American wood industry lobbyists, who are accusing the Canadian timber industry of flooding the US market before protective duties of up to US$8 billion per year are imposed, maybe this summer.Canadian export officials have argued that April's disputed level of sales is normal, because of increased demand from the start of the US housing season.Meanwhile, American environmental group, the Natural Resource Defence Council, has been pushing the Bush ...
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