USTR launches enforcement action against Peruvian timber trade

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has asked the Peruvian government to verify that a group of timber shipments to the U.S. were logged legally, launching a process under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement that could allow the U.S. to bar imports if it finds evidence of wrongdoing. USTR announced the action, which it said applies to five timber shipments, in a statement on Thursday. The agency is invoking a provision in an annex on the forest sector in...