Lumber Coalition Hails Canada's Decision to Go to CIT

The U.S. Lumber Coalition, which represents sawmills and owners of timberlands, said U.S. courts are the better venue for resolving legal questions on trade remedies, so its members are glad that Canada is going to the Court of International Trade rather than asking for a dispute panel under USMCA.

"While the Coalition is continuing to evaluate its own issues for appeal, we look forward to defending the Department of Commerce's antidumping determination as consistent with U.S. law," said Andrew Miller, chairman of the U.S. Lumber Coalition and CEO of Stimson Lumber.

The group said it is open to a new U.S.-Canada softwood lumber trade agreement that would replace antidumping and countervailing duty cases "if and when Canada can demonstrate that it is serious about negotiations for an agreement that addresses Canada's unfair trade practices which are harming U.S. producers, workers, and timberland holders."

Canada is going to the CIT to challenge the antidumping case, but is calling for a dispute panel for the countervailing duty case (see 2309010005).