Tag: Softwood Lumber
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A four million tonne steel quota at 25 per cent, aluminum halved, autos cut to 15 per cent and lumber left dangling. Inside the metals and vehicles package Ottawa had all but signed, and the reasons Canadian industry told the Prime Minister to walk away from it. TORONTO, AUGUST 24, 2026 For about 72 hours…
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The package that died in Washington would have halved steel and aluminum duties, cut auto tariffs to 15 per cent and opened formal CUSMA talks. What Canadian producers lost, and what they keep HAMILTON, Ontario, August 22, 2026 The tariffs that made headlines on Saturday morning were not the ones that matter most to Canadian…
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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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The United States trade representative says Canada must scrap its retaliatory measures, starting with provincial bans on American alcohol, to avoid new 50 percent tariffs, while sources say Washington is offering no meaningful relief on softwood lumber WASHINGTON, August 16, 2026 The price of peace, as Washington defines it, came into sharp focus this weekend.…
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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 that spent seven years outside the U.S. countervailing duty order on softwood lumber has been put back inside it, and the case that did it is a warning about how long trade litigation can run and how little finality a favourable rate confers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026. The U.S. Department of Commerce…
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Ottawa pushes for relief across every Section 232 sector as a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff wall closes in on August 19, with steel and aluminum export quotas back on the negotiating table OTTAWA, August 6, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian negotiators are pressing Washington for relief across “all strategic sectors” of…
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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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Canada’s forest products sector faces three separate American duty tracks converging inside a single month, with softwood final results due as early as August 12 and 50 per cent Section 338 duties on panel products landing August 19 VANCOUVER, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting There is no single deadline facing Canada’s forest products…