When the United States and Canada W first began arguing about lumber, Ronald Reagan had just taken office in Washington, d c, and Pierre Trudeau was prime minister in Ottawa. Three decades later the two countries are still at it. In January American trade officials asked a London arbitration court to penalise exports from British Columbia, Canada's main source of lumber, for subsidies stemming from the underpricing of timber harvested from public lands. This is an old-and unproven-claim, and such filings have sometimes led to the United States imposing countervailing duties.
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