BC‘s Forest Minister said the latest executive order from US President Trump is “nothing more than a distraction” after Trump signed two orders to increase his country’s domestic supply of timber while reducing its reliance of timber imports from other countries, including Canada. …Ravi Parmar said that Trump’s latest move could only pose as a distraction from solving the real issue at hand — the “unjustified softwood lumber duties that are hurting workers on both sides of the border.” …Parmar said Trump’s order to increase U.S. lumber production by eliminating environmental requirements shows that “the U.S. would rather abandon its environmental standards than trade fairly with other countries.” …Parmar said the Canadian forest sector has been playing by the rules, and these trade barriers could only benefit a handful of American companies at the expense of workers, families and businesses in both countries.
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