US Appeals at WTO to Place Canada Lumber Case in Legal Void

US Appeals at WTO to Place Canada Lumber Case in Legal Void
A worker inspects lumber on a conveyor belt at West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, on Feb. 4, 2020. Reuters/Jesse Winter
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BRUSSELS—The United States is appealing at the World Trade Organization against a ruling that largely favoured Canada in a long-running dispute over lumber, putting the case into a legal void.

A three-person WTO panel determined in August that U.S. duties, designed to counter Canadian subsidies on softwood lumber, breached global trading rules.