Sentences with phrase «u.s. lumber industry»

The last thing the U.S. lumber industry wants is for lumber to be put back in NAFTA.

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He said the strong U.S. housing market has bolstered Canada's lumber industry, which is one of the few Canadian commodities doing relatively well.

But in Rhone's industry, forestry, the election has also stalled negotiations on the softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the U.S. — a deal that expired earlier this month.

Despite the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to hit all other Canadian producers with countervailing duties of 19.88 per cent starting this year, many industry insiders and political leaders are hopeful Atlantic Canadian companies can be exempted from tariffs on softwood lumber exports to the United States.

If it weren't for the fact that Canadian producers have doubled their combined market share in China and Japan over the past decade, Canada's lumber industry would be even more vulnerable than it already is to U.S. protectionism.

The Trump administration has made it known that the softwood lumber industry and Canadian livestock are both sources of interest, where the U.S. would like to seek more favourable terms of trade.

The U.S. has added tariffs to Canadian lumber of roughly 20 percent over the last year, saying that Canada unfairly subsidizes its lumber industry.