Sentences with phrase «softwood lumber imports»

J.D. Irving's lumber operations in New Brunswick — and its one mill in Truro — gained a competitive advantage over other Canadian forestry companies Tuesday as the United States imposed harsh countervailing duties on softwood lumber imports.

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He also reportedly is considering retaliatory tariffs on Oregon wine, plywood and other imports from the Pacific state because one of its senators, Ron Wyden, a member of the Democratic Party, is a vocal critic of Canada's softwood lumber policies.

Here's why: Chapter 19 allows Canada to bypass the U.S. judicial review process when the U.S. government imposes antidumping and / or countervailing duties on Canadian products imported into the United States, as has been the case repeatedly with softwood lumber, for example.