A fresh hike in anti-dumping fees threatens to finish the job, but the real damage came from government stalling ...

The United States on Thursday announced plans to slap hefty tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, further raising tensions among the two nations amid contentious North American Free ...

A similar claim has been made three times in the last 20 years and never succeeded. True, Canadian softwood lumber--which accounts for about a third of the U.S. market--is a formidable competitor.

U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber products are a tax on the American people. They make housing less affordable for Americans and hinder economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ITC voted 4-0 that the U.S. softwood lumber industry is materially injured by imports of lumber from Canada.

The combined anti-dumping and countervailing duty rate for most Canadian softwood producers is set at 14.54 percent; the duty hike would bring the total rate to nearly 27 percent.

Softwood lumber is one of Canada’s largest exports, and the U.S. takes in almost 80 percent of the supply. New tariffs could hurt ordinary Americans by driving up the price of homes, critics say.

The decades-long softwood lumber dispute between the US and Canada is escalating even before planned tariffs take effect: The US plans to more than double existing anti-dumping and countervailing ...

The U.S. set big tariffs on imports of softwood lumber from Canada, increasing economic tensions between Washington and Ottawa at a time when North America's trade architecture is in jeopardy.

A man carries a bundle of wood on his payloader at lumber yard Friday Oct 14, 2005 in Armstrong, Quebec. President Donald Trump announced a tariff of as much as 20 percent on Canadian softwood lumber.