This article discusses the relationship between climate change and trade policy in North America. While the emerging narrative includes some failed promises, fragmentation, and a misplaced emphasis on competitiveness at the expense of progress in dealing with climate change, there are still...

The United States and Canada have a long-standing series of disputes over softwood lumber that until now have focused on alleged subsidies and countervailing duties (CVDs). The United States changed things up this time around and the US Department of Commerce (USDOC) found dumping after applying...

We consider the effects of protectionist trade policies on international and domestic market integration, using evidence from the long-standing softwood lumber trade dispute between Canada and the United States. The benefits of trade liberalization are widely acknowledged, including better...

"This book provides the background theory behind two types of trade models rooted in economic theory and mathematical programming, and two econometric/statistical models. It shows the reader how to construct their own models to analyse policy questions in forestry and other sectors."

On 9 April 2019 the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Canada in “United States - Anti-Dumping Measures Applying Differential Pricing Methodology to Softwood Lumber from Canada” (DS534).

The Article discusses the interrelation of ‘competing' international mechanisms for the settlement of disputes originating from the same factual background. The problem is assessed with reference to the of the fourth and fifth phases of the Softwood Lumber controversy between the United States...

This report provides a detailed synopsis of the CN Trade Relations Forum on Forest Product Markets hosted by the WCER on April 16, 2008. The Forum included presentations by government and industry officials, who engaged in a review of the current environment for the forest products industry and...

On September 12, 2006, the governments of Canada and the United States signed the Softwood Lumber Agreement 2006 (SLA 2006), hoping to end the longstanding dispute between the two countries on the issue of softwood lumber. Fearing liability for measures taken to give effect to the agreement, the...

The Softwood Lumber dispute between the U.S. and Canada is one of the longest and most expensive trade disputes in history. However, the Softwood Lumber dispute has been, if not misunderstood, at least underappreciated. To date, the dispute has attracted attention because of the substantial...

We estimate the degree of trade diversion from provinces named under the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) to provinces not named. Our regression results indicate that the SLA had a significant impact on the the exports of non-named SLA provinces. Controlling for other factors, the SLA by itself...

The North American lumber market is integrated and, under normal conditions, provides unhindered access to all suppliers. North American log markets, in contrast, function on different principles: in one principle, a profit allowance for the wood processor plays a role in timber pricing, whereas...

This article examines CanadaÂ’s softwood lumber dispute with the United States in the context of new juridical models of international dispute settlement and an evolving trade policy environment in North America. Two questions are of central importance to this study. First, what does the rise...

Termites are highly effective in degrading lignocellulosics thus can be used as economic model biological systems for studying plant cell wall degradation. Comparative study on lignin disruption mechanisms for hardwood, barley straw and softwood (previously established results) along the gut of...

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On 13 September 2002, Canada requested consultations under Article 4.8 of the DSU (urgency procedure) with the United States concerning the final affirmative determination of sales at less than fair value (dumping) with respect to certain softwood lumber products from Canada (Inv. No. A-122-838)...

On 13 September 2002, Canada requested consultations under Article 4.8 of the DSU (urgency procedure) with the United States concerning the final affirmative determination of sales at less than fair value (dumping) with respect to certain softwood lumber products from Canada (Inv. No. A-122-838)...

On 20 December 2002, Canada requested consultations with the United States regarding the investigation of the USITC in Softwood Lumber from Canada (Invs. Nos. 701-TA-414 and 731-TA-928 (Final)) and the final definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties applied as a result of the USITC’s...

On 13 September 2002, Canada requested consultations under Article 4.8 of the DSU (urgency procedure) with the United States concerning the final affirmative determination of sales at less than fair value (dumping) with respect to certain softwood lumber products from Canada (Inv. No. A-122-838)...