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At Loggerheads: The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Dispute
Canada and the United States are the world's largest trading partners, but there's one thing they've never agreed on: softwood lumber. The dispute dates back hundreds of years, but in the 1980s it turned nasty. The U.S. has slapped billions of dollars of fines on Canadian wood, jeopardizing thousands of jobs. The dispute raises serious questions about trade, sovereignty, and the real nature of Canada-U.S. relations.		Educational activities about At Loggerheads: The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Dispute

	The softwood war begins		The lumber wars, round two		American opinions on looming trade war with Canada
	The U.S. lumber industry demands heavy duties on Canadian wood. (Radio; runs 1:16)		If at first you don't succeed... (TV; runs 5:04)		Canadians are talking tough, but Americans are either divided or not even listening. (TV; runs 5:54)

	Taxing Canada's sovereignty?		The lumber industry's 'cozy game'		A mill town struggles to survive
	Canada offers to tax its own wood, and give the U.S. a say. (TV; runs 8:53)		An NDP resources critic says Canada has been selling off our forests for nothing, and finally got caught. (Radio; runs 3:19)		Nakina, Ont. is one of 300 communities whose very existence is threatened by the softwood export tax. (TV; runs 4:14)

	Canada drops its export tax		Province against province, mill against mill		Run for the border
	After five years of voluntarily taxing its own wood, Canada says "enough". (TV; runs 2:37)		Canada has negotiated a truce with the U.S. Now it faces a civil war. (Radio; runs 2:45)		The return of crushing import duties prompts a race to dump Canadian wood in the U.S. (TV; runs 2:20)

	Canada claims victory at WTO		B.C. shifts towards market-based forestry system		A controversial agreement
	An international body says America is in the wrong – but it may not help. (TV; runs 2:34)		British Columbia "Americanizes" its forestry system in a bid to end the softwood war forever. (TV; runs 3:17)		The Americans promise to return billions of dollars... eventually. (Radio; runs 5:31)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Le bois dans l'impasse Related Topics from CBC's Archives Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Clearcutting and Logging: The War of the Woods The Auto Pact: En Route to Free Trade CBC.ca CBC News Online: Softwood lumber CBC: The Way We Work: A Laid-Off Logger's Life External sites Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade: Softwood Lumber Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade: U.S Trade Law Remedy: The Canadian Experience (Case histories, 1991-1999) British Columbia Ministry of Forests: Softwood Lumber The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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