Sens. Shaheen, Moran call for end to lumber duties

Two senators this week urged U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to resolve a decades-long softwood lumber trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada after Tai on Wednesday said Canada hadn’t shown interest in negotiating an agreement. In a letter to Tai and Raimondo on Wednesday, Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) contended that the removal of all countervailing duties on softwood lumber imports was necessary to ensure home builders have access to lumber...