Softwood Lumber Agreement

SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT was a 5-year agreement, effective 1 Apr 1996, between the US and Canada regulating the export of Canadian softwood lumber to the US, which in 1996 accounted for 19% ($4.7 billion) of BC's international exports. This dispute began in 1866, with the end of the first Canada–US free trade agreement, and has reappeared at various times since. This dispute is of great concern to the BC FOREST INDUSTRY, which sells about 60% of its lumber exports in the US. The dispute has...

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