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World Trade Organization backs Canada in US softwood dispute

25-08-2020
United States, Canada, Dispute, Softwood, Lumber

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled in favour of Canada in its challenge of the United States Department of Commerce’s 2017 subsidy determination against Canadian softwood lumber products. After a two-year review of the US Department of Commerce's findings with respect to countervailing duties, the WTO panel agreed with …

Indonesian plantation director in conflict with indigenous community charged with illegal logging

07-04-2020
Ministry of Environment and Forestry, charged, director, plantation firm, eastern Indonesian, Seram, illegal logging, dispute, indigenous community

by Nurdin Tubaka/ Mongabay News Imanuel Darusman, a director of CV Sumber Berkat Makmur, was charged by Indonesia’s forestry ministry. An official with the ministry’s law enforcement bureau said they began to look into the case when the arrest of 26 indigenous people by the local police for vandalising the company’s equipment …

China to start accepting applications for tariff exemptions on U.S. hardwoods

21-02-2020
NHLA, tariff exemption, China, tariff dispute, US hardwoods

China’s Ministry of Finance announced on 18February that China's tax authority will begin accepting applications from Chinese domestic firms for the exemption of additional tariffs imposed on some U.S. products, including U.S. hardwoods from 2March this year. Applications for the one-year waivers must be submitted by Chinese firms; …

NHLA: Hardwood Lumber Included in the Trade Deal

16-01-2020
NHLA, limited trade agreement, trade war, dispute, China, United States, Phase One, Washington, Beijing, hardwood lumber, inclusion

The U.S. and China formalised a limited trade agreement today, signalling a truce in the nearly two-year trade war between the world’s two largest economies and sets the stage for a broader agreement down the road. The “Phase One” agreement is the product of months of intense talks between officials in Washington and Beijing. It …

Trump delays tariff on China for cellphones, laptops and many consumer goods

14-08-2019
US, China, trade war, dispute, tariff, duties, delay

President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed off his plan to impose 10 per cent tariffs on remaining Chinese imports on Sep 1, delaying duties on cellphones, laptops and many other consumer goods, hoping to soften their impact on the US holiday sales. These items however make up only part of the list of consumer goods to be imposed with tariffs. The …

Editor’s pickCanada's lumber trade policies are unfair: Jimmy Carter

16-05-2017
US Canada lumber dispute, softwood

Ex-US president Jimmy Carter has spoken out in support of the recent 20 per cent duties imposed on Canadian lumber imports. “This belated enforcement of U.S. trade laws will help millions of private timberland owners, American forestry workers and members of their local communities by leveling the playing field in the timber …

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Tag: Dispute

World Trade Organization backs Canada in US softwood dispute

Indonesian plantation director in conflict with indigenous community charged with illegal logging

China to start accepting applications for tariff exemptions on U.S. hardwoods

NHLA: Hardwood Lumber Included in the Trade Deal

Trump delays tariff on China for cellphones, laptops and many consumer goods

Editor’s pickCanada's lumber trade policies are unfair: Jimmy Carter

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