by Working Forest | May 24, 2017 | Archives
New Brunswick’s new special envoy to the United States on the softwood lumber tariff dispute says he will begin work immediately to get the province a favourable deal. David Wilkins, who was in Saint John on Tuesday afternoon with Premier Brian Gallant, said his...
by Working Forest | May 24, 2017 | Archives
A rise in U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood will help drive an increase in lumber exports to China and other Asian markets, Canada’s top trade official said. “There’s an enormous opportunity,” said Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne in an interview in...
by Working Forest | May 23, 2017 | Archives
Canada and the United States are unlikely to strike a deal on a dispute over lumber exports by the time talks on renewing NAFTA start in mid-August, a source close to the matter said on Thursday. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said earlier in the day he...
by Working Forest | May 23, 2017 | Archives
A fairly wet spring has meant fewer wildfires than normal on the Prairies. Saskatchewan has had about 65 wildfires, well below the province’s five-year average of about 120 by this time. Alberta is reporting about 220 wildfires, compared to more than 500 by this...
by Working Forest | May 18, 2017 | Archives
A racketeering lawsuit launched by multinational forestry giant Resolute Forest Products against Greenpeace should be heard in California, an American court has ruled.Amid a ramped-up public relations offensive by both sides, a district court in Augusta, Ga., found...
