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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Friday, November 21, 2003 ::
U.S. balks at free trade in softwood TheStar.com editorial excerpt
It would be easy to write off Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's prediction that Canada will never have free trade with the United States in softwood lumber as simply his excuse for failing to reach a deal.
But that would be a mistake.
The sorry history of the dispute goes back far beyond Chrétien's decade in power and his bleak assessment rings true. Instead we should take his declaration as the starting point for a new strategy in the costly dispute, one based on the realization that Canada is being played the fool by an American industry that has no economic reason to conclude negotiations.
In an interview, the outgoing prime minister said the Americans always have been and always will be protectionist on wood and have no interest in allowing Canadian producers to have more than 30-35 per cent of the U.S. market.------------------------------------------- posted 6:33 AM :: reference link ::
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