"George" george@least wrote in message
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Tell you what. US will export some environmentalists, if you'll take 'em
duty free, and nobody will harvest wood within ten years....


"Dave Balderstone" wrote in message
tone.ca...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...01/wl_canada_a
fp/us_canada_lumber&e=5

Excerpt:

"The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) review panel rejected
claims by Washington that its lumber producers had suffered damage as a
result of Canadian imports.

The panel ordered the US International Trade Commission to reverse its
determination on the lumber imports, which resulted in the laying of 19
percent countervailing duties on Canadian wood, within 10 days."

A common debating tactic with both conservatives and liberals in the United
States is to assume that the most radical positions of the opposite side
represent the views of every opponent. For example, "those loony tree
huggers want to ban all logging." In fact the vast majority of
conservationists call for RESPONSIBLE cutting and reforestration rather than
the clearcutting that was the industry norm a few years ago. Even the
lumber industry has bought into that for its own long-term good. In fact,
shipping a few conservationists to Canada would be a benefit for its
industry and a loss to ours.

Bob