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Tai: U.S. ready to negotiate new softwood lumber agreement with Canada

June 23, 2022 at 2:33 PM
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a comment from Canada's government. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday said the U.S. still hopes to strike a new arrangement with Canada on softwood lumber – if Canada is willing to talk. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KA), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, science and related agencies subcommittee, asked Tai about the long-running softwood lumber dispute during a hearing on USTR’s fiscal year 2023 budget request ...

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