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US lumber trade plan criticized as too restrictive By Richard Cowan - Forbes
A $225-per-thousand-board-feet duty would be applied to above-quota shipments, under the U.S. industry plan.
Michael Carliner, an economist for the National Association of Homebuilders, estimated the duty would add $2,000 to the price of a new house.
U.S. home builders, along with lumber retailers such as Home Depot, oppose any controls on wood imports.

B.C. forest workers picket as companies vote on union contract offer By EMILY YEARWOOD-LEE
The escalation in the dispute comes at a time when both sides agree the industry has been knocked to its knees by the ongoing softwood lumber dispute and an inability to compete.

Capital ideas on softwood By Jeff Nagel
At the Woodrow Wilson International Centre, one of the fellows gives a crash course on U.S./Canada trade relations.
'We don't need you,' he says, simply.
With the size and scale of the American economy, Canadian interests barely register. He says Canadians often fail to understand that negotiations with a U.S. administration can be blocked by the local political interests of powerful members of Congress.

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