[Alberta's Child]

I know the lumber business up there very well. Based on what I've heard, the only thing they're really arguing over at this point is the $4.5 billion in tariffs already collected by the U.S. The Canadian lumber industry has so thoroughly dominated the market -- even with the tariff in place (actually because the tariff is in place, if you can believe it) -- that U.S. lumber producers are in worse shape today than they were before the tariff was imposed.

Go figure, eh?

[Darkwolf377]

The Canadian lumber industry has so thoroughly dominated the market -- even with the tariff in place (actually because the tariff is in place, if you can believe it) -- that U.S. lumber producers are in worse shape today than they were before the tariff was imposed.

Not sure where you get that idea. Softwood and plywood production in the US per billions of square feet is something like 14 billion, and in Canada never more than three in the last decade. Something like 70% of Canada's lumber goes to the US, but that's because US production of lumber can't keep pace with demand, not because of Canadian domination of the market. Thus, the US uses its own output (minus exports) AND 70% of Canada's.

As the US has argued in this case, the Canadian lumber industry is de facto government supported. We don't much lahk commie lumber down heyah! /jk

[LachlanMinnesota]

I'll bite, why would the tariff help the Canadians?