Canada preparing legal counterattack to potential softwood duties

We’re not going to be able to prevent harm to industry, says top government lawyer.
Robert Brookfield and Martin Moen, two of the leads in the federal public service on the softwood lumber negotiations, brief the House Trade Committee last week.
Canada’s foreign ministry is preparing a three-pronged strategy to counter the United States trade penalties expected on Canadian softwood lumber if the two countries can’t resolve the trade fracas by a mid-October deadline, according to one of the department’s t...

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