A Timber Industry Federation member fresh from a sales trip to Vietnam wrote in its newsletter of "a bloody bloodbath". He was referring to tumbling prices for radiata pine and blamed New Zealand producers for the problem. And it seems the industry'spenchant for self-mutilation in export markets is alive and well. The American Army euphemistically calls it 'friendly fire' and 'collateral damage' when its troops shell each other. The commercial equivalent is played out in international timber markets by New Zealand traders on a regular basis. And the number one 'weapon' seems to be: "I'll sell you the same as him, only ten bucks a cube cheaper."
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