Canada Formally Initiates Challenge of ‘Unfair’ US Duties on Softwood Lumber

Logs are seen in an aerial view stacked at the Interfor sawmill, in Grand Forks, B.C., on May 12, 2018. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of “unwarranted and unfair” US duties on Canadian softwood lumber.

The Canadian government filed notice of the challenge today under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement’s dispute resolution system.