Canadian pricing rules bugging U.S.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:31

The United States accused Canada yesterday of violating a lumber trade deal by underpricing wood from trees killed in a massive insect infestation in British Columbia. Washington filed the complaint on behalf of U.S. lumber producers who say their western Canadian rivals are being subsidized through use of the cheap timber, which they say is prohibited under the 2006 trade deal.