The World Trade Organization has upheld Canada91裸聊视频檚 challenge to the latest round of countervailing duties on softwood lumber imports to the U.S., in what the B.C. industry organization calls a 91裸聊视频渟cathing indictment91裸聊视频� of U.S. government trade actions.

B.C. Premier John Horgan said while the decision is welcome, the decades-long dispute isn91裸聊视频檛 going away.

91裸聊视频淲hile this decision is a victory for B.C.91裸聊视频檚 lumber producers, immediate relief is unlikely,91裸聊视频� Horgan said in a statement Aug. 24. 91裸聊视频淥ur work continues until we bring an end to the unfair U.S. duties on Canadian softwood exports.91裸聊视频�

The identifies 40 instances where the U.S. Department of Commerce finding of subsidy was not supported by the evidence, the B.C. Lumber Trade Council said Aug. 24. Among them, the WTO trade panel upheld Canada91裸聊视频檚 arguments on log export regulation, supplying electricity to mills and the U.S. government91裸聊视频檚 use of Washington log prices to impose penalties for B.C. stumpage on Crown timber.

91裸聊视频淔or more than three years, our industry has paid billions of dollars in countervailing duties that today91裸聊视频檚 decision confirmed should never have been paid in the first place,91裸聊视频� said Susan Yurkovich, president of the .

91裸聊视频淭his report is a scathing indictment of the U.S. Department of Commerce91裸聊视频檚 subsidy findings and the biased process it followed in reaching them. Unfortunately this is just the latest chapter in the ongoing attack on the Canadian lumber industry. Each of the prior two lumber disputes ended with neutral, international tribunals issuing rulings that forced Commerce to rescind their flawed and unsupported findings for similar reasons. Today91裸聊视频檚 decision is an important step towards what we expect will be the same result.91裸聊视频�

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