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【2.13】
2.13每日一篇|熊猫外刊精读
Canada(2)：Woodwars
TherowbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanada?rumbles?on
【1】WHENTHEbossoftheUS?lumber?Coalitiontookthe?podium?attheGlobalWoodSummitinVancouverinOctober,hedidnothavetotellhismostlyCanadianaudiencetoholdtheir?applause.“I’mnotgoingtomakealotofeyecontact,”ZoltanvanHeyningensaid,?standing?beforethe?frosty?room.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished
【2】CanadianwoodusedtoflowintotheUnitedStatesatquitea?clip?(seechart).?exports?arenowrunningatlevelslastseeninthe?1970s,thankstothefactthat?softwood?lumber?isthesubjectofthelongest-runningtrade?dispute?betweenthetwocountries.Sincethe?1980sthe?lumber?industryintheUnitedStateshas?maintained?thatCanadianproducersreceiveunfair?subsidies?intheformoflow“stumpage?fees”setby?provincial?Canadiangovernments,whichownmostforestland.TheUnitedStateshas?periodically?placed?duties?onCanadianimportsto“leveltheplayingfield”.
【3】Canada’s?federal?governmentsaysthe?duties?are“unfairand?unwarranted”.InSeptemberit?filed?achallengeundertheUnitedStates-Mexico-CanadaAgreement(USMCA)aftertheUSDepartmentofCommerceincreased?duties?from?8.1%to?14.5%.IfDonaldTrumpistruetohiswordthesewillriseto?25%thisyear,beforethechallengeisheard.“TheUShasalwaysworriedtherewillbeafloodofCanadianwoodgoingacrosstheborder,a?stream?ofcheapCanadianproducts,”saidHarryNelsonoftheUniversityofBritishColumbia.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished
【4】Tradewaraside,Canada’s?lumber?industryissuffering,thanksto?wobbling?pricesduringthe?pandemic,and?wildfires?andinsect?infestation?thathaveledtomillclosuresandjobcuts.Canfor,aVancouver-based?forestry?company,says?shipments?andproductionarebothdownduetohigh?duties?and?weakness?int
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