Al2- The Terrace. Standard, Wednesday, October 20, 2004

U.S. on.

ropes: in|

lumber
dispute |

THE US: “government - will |

make a final last-ditch.effort - _f

to thwart: a Canadian victory’

iffs.:

ing that said Canadian lum-

ber exports pose no threat of . f

injury to U.S. producers...

The Aug.’ 30 ruling by the -
NAFTA pane].was one of.
two recent r rulings that’ have:
delivered “a, near. knockout .

- blow to- the, U. 5. “case in the
‘ softwood dispute,

Regulators have'also giv-*.
-en Canada the [ power to retal-"._

iate with otherlariffs'on U.S,

products’ if collected. tariffs
aren't: returned to Canadian wt

producers. -:

- “This is‘as ‘goods gets
for ‘Canada,". B

Trade. Council: heat

~ have on deposit”
It was the third tl

the US. Deparimmen 201
merce ’s argument ord

ts
the

wre

next spring to bel

Trade arte f
Canada. cai’ impose etal
tory duties, -

has refused WTO: orders “1
appeal the Byrd Am ndment
‘an American ‘trade. law:
allows the U, S. to ‘Bive.dutic
collected on ‘softwood ©
ber to U.S, forest companies
It creates a tremendous

‘centive: for U.S; fore
‘panies to pursue tradeé:actio

“We appealed. that’
WTO ‘and wen,” said Allan
_ “The U.S. has not! repeales
_ the law so we ‘appealed: tha
and - we've. -been'. ay
retaliatory: powers. -by
arbitrator: appointed by,
WTO.” oe :

With this” power, Canada’

can.relaliate for money col-
lected. bythe U.S.

“Basically we've: got t
figure out“how- to hurt the
U.S, ‘the. most, " said.

“The negative- aspe

is that retaliation. es

into ‘Canada; Of course: that.
hurts Canadian-consumers;
so we've, gal to. be: care
with this.” ~-;
* He doesn’t expect: the vl
tories : 10. vanquish the..U.8.
instantly.

going to g0° away quietly,”
. said Allan. Theyre’ ‘going
to ‘ight us. with everythin

accord. on umber expo stop:

the U,S. is neede ;
Gtherwise, the U.S, ‘pov

ernment “-- under. pressure”
from. its domestic: producers +
- could simply: ‘change: its fl.
trade law slightly, allowing
new tariffs-to be-applicd on -f
Canadian lurtiber'and restart.

ing the éntire-légal’ fight.”

“*Byen if we win, here it”

-can start all over: again. ‘a8: a.
new cycles" Brink. warned.

over softwood dumber. tar- -

~ Washington’ said. “it, will .
: make. an extraordinary ap-
peal of a NAFTA panel-rul-  §

@ Hard core.

‘A-DRILL crew. with Eagle Piains. Resources is wind: i
~~ -Ing-up its‘diamond drilling program that has been]...
: underway through, ‘September ‘and October at the.
mining company 's claims Justwest of Kalum Laken’: aaa

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