Canada to launch USMCA dispute over U.S. duties on lumber

Canada intends to launch a dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement over U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties on softwood lumber, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng said on Thursday following the results of a review of those duties by the Commerce Department. “Canada is disappointed that the United States continues to impose unwarranted and unfair duties on Canadian softwood lumber,” Ng said in a statement . Although the duty rates are set to...