U.S. producers push for tariffs on Canadian timber

Tongass National Forest (Creative Commons photo by Henry Hartley)
The deadline to strike a deal on Canadian softwood lumber imports into the U.S. came and went Wednesday. The past agreement controlled Canadian lumber import prices which allowed Alaskan lumber to compete in the market. The U.S. Lumber Coalition said that leaves American producers with little choice but to push for tariffs on Canadian wood.
The U.S. and Canadian governments have been at odds for decades on whether Canadian sa