Stump war

摘要

No other country has more experi-ence of the United States' abrasive approach to trade disputes than Canada, and no Canadian industry knows more about such matters than its producers of softwood lumber. But familiarity does not ease the pain: Canadian wood producers have begun to shut mills and lay-off thousands of workers in response to a decision in early August by America's Commerce Department to impose a 19% countervailing duty on timber imports.