Tag: Forestry
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American negotiators are refusing to lower softwood lumber duties that now sit near 45 percent, sources say, turning Canada’s oldest trade grievance into the loudest political fight of the final hours before Wednesday’s tariff deadline. VANCOUVER, August 18, 2026 As Canadian and American negotiators race toward Wednesday’s 50 percent tariff deadline, one file has emerged…
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Washington’s settlement offer excludes softwood lumber relief and demands the immediate return of American alcohol to provincial shelves, sources say, leaving the two sides far apart days before new tariffs bite By Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk | OTTAWA, August 15, 2026 The shape of a possible Canada-United States trade deal came into focus Friday,…
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Softwood lumber emerges as the hardest file in the eleventh-hour Canada-US trade talks, as Washington resists relief on duties approaching 45 percent and Canadian mills absorb another season of curtailments OTTAWA, August 17, 2026 As Canadian and American negotiators worked through the weekend to head off sweeping new 50 percent tariffs set to take effect…
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A Quebec remanufacturer is pulled back inside the softwood countervailing duty order after a seven year court fight, and the ruling carries a warning for every Canadian lumber trading company WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 A Quebec lumber remanufacturer that spent seven years outside the United States countervailing duty order on Canadian softwood lumber has been…
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Canfor and West Fraser reported second quarter losses within a day of each other this week, an Alberta sawmill was condemned, and one producer disclosed the first hard numbers on how the new Section 338 tariffs will hit Canadian wood panels VANCOUVER, July 31, 2026 Two of Canada’s three largest lumber producers reported second quarter…
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The Court of International Trade has sustained Commerce’s replacement for the discredited Cohen’s d test, leaving Canadian softwood margins essentially unchanged and validating a methodology that now reaches every antidumping case in the American system NEW YORK / OTTAWA, July 30, 2026 – The United States Court of International Trade has upheld the Commerce Department’s…
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New Brunswick estimates the August 19 tariffs will touch just 0.8 per cent of its exports to the United States. An economist and a small business group warn that the aggregate number conceals what happens to the mill towns and family firms where that 0.8 per cent is concentrated. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade…
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Ninety-eight forest product lines land on Washington’s new 50 percent tariff list, striking plywood, fibreboard and paper as Canadian mills close and wildfires rage. Industry leaders warn the levies will also raise the cost of American homes. Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Dateline Ottawa, July 23, 2026. OTTAWA. Canada’s beleaguered forest products sector absorbed…
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A temporary 10 per cent U.S. import tariff is set to lapse on July 24, but Canadian softwood still carries an effective burden near 35 per cent as the CUSMA review drifts and a December deadline looms. By the Canada Trade Desk | OTTAWA, July 18, 2026 A deadline that changes less than it seems…
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A temporary United States surcharge is set to lapse on July 24 and a long-delayed duty cut still sits unsigned, leaving Canadian softwood producers facing another week of tariff limbo and combined levies near 45 percent at the border. OTTAWA, July 20, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers are heading into a pivotal week with more…