Canada Challenges Latest Duty Rates On Softwood

Posted on Friday, January 13 at 11:00 by Bee
As a result of an administrative review, Commerce announced Dec. 6 that Canadian lumber imports would be subject to a countervailing duty of 8.7 per cent, down from the previous 16.37 per cent, and an anti-dumping rate of 2.11 per cent, a reduction from 3.78 per cent. When duties were first confirmed in May 2002, Canadian lumber exporters paid about 27 per cent in combined duties. Successive reviews have cut the rate but Canada has insisted there's no reason to impose any duty at all. "We are rallying with the provinces and our industry from coast to coast to stand strong for Canadians," Trade Minister Jim Peterson said in a statement. Full story: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/060111/b011180.html

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  1. Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:32 am
    Holy shit! Enough of this! Just shut off the oil going the the USA already!! They don`t want to play fair, hell with them!

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    Dave Ruston

  2. Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:42 am
    > Holy shit! Enough of this!

    Damn right! Stop the unfair government subsidies of canadian softwood!

  3. Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:00 am
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  4. Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:21 am
    That is impressive ! Goof !

  5. Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:37 am
    Well seems you want everything else so suck it up ...water hydro power power power and next it`ll be the women and children .

  6. Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:39 am
    Well seems you want everything else so suck it up ...water hydro power power power and next it`ll be the women and children .

  7. Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:55 pm
    >>Well seems you want everything else so suck it up ...water hydro power power power and next it`ll be the women and children .<<<<

    We don't want your water, we buy your "hydro" at fair market prices, I sure as hell don't want your children and your women want us.

  8. Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:54 am
    Fair market price ? Sounds as if we were selling some peaches at a fruit stand .
    Our women don`t want stupid men like you, they have more class then that .
    Yes indeed power, California still owes us on that one . Who needs who ?

  9. Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:57 am
    Yup cut off everything to the states , then see who needs who .

  10. Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:01 am
    As mentioned in the polygamy thread, some Vive contributors are helpful in substantiating the reason why (at least our) society frowns on brother-sister relationships.

    I just don't get why some are so insistent on demonstrating this again and again.

    Oh well, maybe just a warning to others.



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    "When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).

  11. Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:31 am
    You are confusing polygamy with incest Calumny… That could be one of the markers of inheriting a spare chromosome from cousin daddy.

    :-D

  12. Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:42 am
    >>> Fair market price ? Sounds as if we were selling some peaches at a fruit stand . <<<<

    It’s a common economic term.

    >>> Our women don`t want stupid men like you, they have more class then that .<<<<

    Sorry to brake it to you but this ‘ol mutt has managed to dig his way under a few fences up there for a little “deep integration”.

    >>> Yes indeed power, California still owes us on that one .<<<<

    California owes you something?

    >>> Who needs who ?<<<

    85% of your total trade, a free ride militarily, 130 billion trade surplus for Canada, access to US markets and jobs… But you are right, teach us a lesson on who needs whom because the of softwood subsidies. Better yet, focus on that to the exclusion to everything else that Canada gets from trade with the USA.



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