by Working Forest | May 4, 2017 | Archives
A week after President Donald Trump vowed to impose new tariffs on Canadian lumber imports to help the U.S. timber industry, lawmakers passed a spending bill that could push U.S. government agencies to promote burning wood pellets to fuel power plants. The budget bill...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2017 | Archives
The placing of duties on Canadian lumber entering the United States doesn’t come as a shock to those connected to the forestry sector, but it not being a surprise doesn’t take away the sting. The tariff levied on Canadian exports of softwood lumber to the U.S....
by Working Forest | May 2, 2017 | Archives
Following a lengthy, detailed investigation initiated in November 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce last week determined that Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. market are subsidized and set an average tariff of 20 percent to offset these subsidies. For the U.S....
by Working Forest | May 2, 2017 | Archives
Despite talk of diversification and the paradigm shift from goods to services, the forest industry remains a mainstay of British Columbia’s economy. It contributes about $12 billion to gross domestic products and 140 communities depend on it for their livelihood. One...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2017 | Archives
The softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the United States is back with a vengeance. Canadians who work in this industry, or who live in communities that rely on it, are worried. Many are fed up, and rightly so. But let’s remember that we’ve seen this movie...
