by Working Forest | Feb 7, 2020 | Archives
EAST KOOTENAY NEWS WEEKLY e-KNOW — In an attempt to ease the pain felt by rural communities affected by mill closures throughout the province, the B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Feb. 5 announced is providing $1 million in funding to develop tourism...
by Working Forest | Feb 7, 2020 | Archives
GENEVA (Reuters) – World Trade Organization arbiters sided against the United States on Thursday over duties it had applied on Canadian paper in one of the final verdicts of the WTO’s appeals body. Canada had in 2016 challenged U.S. duties applied to Canadian...
by Working Forest | Feb 7, 2020 | Archives
GLOBAL NEWS — A delegation of premiers will be in Washington this weekend to buttress cross-border business ties with their American counterparts, hedging their bets at the dawn of a new and uncertain era of managed North American trade.Saskatchewan Premier...
by Working Forest | Feb 7, 2020 | Archives
Madison’s Lumber Reporter — As the Softwood Lumber Dispute V file winds it’s way through the usual US domestic as well as international trade court tribunals, a preliminary ruling from the US Commerce Dept brings a sharp reduction in the duty rates paid on...
by Working Forest | Feb 6, 2020 | Archives
TIMBER TRADES JOURNAL — As part of the French governments push for sustainable urban development all new public buildings financed by the state must contain at least 50% wood by 2022. The local government in Paris had already pledged a greater use of wood in new...
by Working Forest | Feb 6, 2020 | Archives
THE FINANCIAL POST — Western Canadian lumber producers are poised to reap the biggest gains from a preliminary decision by the United States to cut softwood lumber duties, disappointing major Quebec-based producer Resolute Forest Products as it continues to...
