The Prime Minister of British Columbia, David Eby, said that the American trade department almost triples anti-dumping functions on Canada tender wood is a “massive threat” for the province’s forest sector.
The US department issued a preliminary anti -dump rate of 20.07%, compared to 7.66%set three years ago, which is added to compensatory tasks of 6.74%.
This brings the total of potential samples to almost 27%, while industry is still faced with the threat of US President Donald Trump of 25% tariff on Canadian products on Tuesday.
BC Lumber Trade Council said in a statement that the proposed hike is unjustified and will harm forestry and communities in Canada and the burden of manufacturers and consumers in the United States.
The chairman of the council, Kurt Niquidet, says that it is deeply disappointing that the United States continues to impose such commercial protection measures.
An Eby declaration indicates that the government denounces this decision.
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“The emblematic forest sector of British Columbia and people whose livelihoods depend on it have been faced with immense challenges for years and today have faced a new massive threat,” he said.
“British Columbia has long argued that all the tasks on tender wood are unjustified, and these anti-dumping tasks are based on a biased calculation,” he said.
Eby says that the increase in anti-dumping tasks aggravates challenges for an industry that already faces pricing threats, and Trump’s order last weekend to initiate a separate survey on imported forest products.
Trump signed decrees on weekends to launch a survey on national security on wood imports into America, and ordered that measures are taken to increase the national wood offer.
The president said on Monday that Canadian import prices would continue on Tuesday as planned.
Eby said Canada will be stronger if they stand together and respond with force.
“These are unjustified attacks, not the way the allies are treated,” he said.
The Canada-American Bois de Bois de Bois de Bois de Bois de Dépades for decades, the Americans saying that Canadian producers sell below market value and that the industry is subsidized.
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