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Donald Trump’s war on Canadian lumber socialism is business as usual for US presidents

  • Writer: RCS Ottawa
    RCS Ottawa
  • Apr 27, 2017
  • 1 min read

The Trump administration took its first truly protectionist step yesterday, but its target wasn’t China or Mexico.

Instead, the US Commerce Department issued a preliminary finding that Canadian lumber imports receive unfair government subsidies, and ordered customs officers to begin collecting border tariffs averaging 20% on softwood coming over the border. Last year, the US imported more than $5 billion worth of lumber like this, much of it for homebuilding.

“This is not our idea of a properly functioning Free Trade Agreement,” commerce secretary Wilbur Ross warned in a statement.


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