"Canadian lumber exporters have paid more than $5 billion in duties since May 2002, when American lumber producers filed their fourth trade complaint in 20 years."
Kind of hard to say we have free trade when we keep tarrifs that high and lose every court case.
"Kind of hard to say we have free trade when we keep tarrifs that high and lose every court case."
Not really, given that we buy anywhere from 70 to 80% of _all_ Canadian exports (a total figure that dwarfs the softwood figures), and the larger fact that we purchase the lion's share of global exports - period, from every country.