From Senators to the President: Solve the lumber problem or else

Zhang, Daowei; Laband, David N.

doi:10.1007/s11127-005-7168-z

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“…9 Thus, we expect the coefficient on Forest$$ to be positive. Zhang and Laband (2005) use several timber-related economic variables to explain whether or not U.S. Senators signed a private communication to President George W. Bush, urging him to restrict imports of Canadian softwood.…”

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“…For example, Mehmood and Zhang (2001) find that the relative importance of the forestry and forest products industries in each state correlate significantly with congressional voting on bills that have consequences for forest landowners. Likewise, Zhang and Laband (2005) report that the relative importance of the forestry and forest products industries in each state was a highly significant predictor of whether each state's U.S. senators signed a letter sent to President G.W. Bush in 2000, privately urging him to act on behalf of U.S. timber interests against imports of Canadian softwood lumber (Zhang and Laband, 2005).…”

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“…Likewise, Zhang and Laband (2005) report that the relative importance of the forestry and forest products industries in each state was a highly significant predictor of whether each state's U.S. senators signed a letter sent to President G.W. Bush in 2000, privately urging him to act on behalf of U.S. timber interests against imports of Canadian softwood lumber (Zhang and Laband, 2005).…”

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An empirical analysis of bill co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate: The Tree Act of 2007

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Laband

2009

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Forest Policy and Economics

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“…On the US side, the US Lumber Coalition (USLC, previously the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports) has its origins in 1982, and has had a key role in both petitioning the administrative branches of the US government and in lobbying elected officials (Zhang and Laband 2005) ket (over 60% of Canadian production in 2005 but 50% in 2014), while also denying the allegation that they are subsidised by Canadian governments. While the USLC provides a united voice, Canadian lumber producers are mainly represented by provincial associations, reflecting differences in the industry and the forests across the country.…”

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The softwood lumber dispute: Is a solution possible?

BarriaultFrancis

BellavanceFrançois

Dutil-SeguinJulien

et al. 2017

The Forestry Chronicle

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Canadian exports of softwood lumber to the USA have long been a source of conflict. As the last Softwood Lumber Agreement expired, we examined this issue as a University class project in forest policy. This text presents our analysis of the history of this conflict and the positions of various actors, along with our twenty-year plan for resolving this conflict. Our strategy is in three phases, corresponding to our expectations of future events: five years of conflict and negotiation that we should use to prepare certain changes in our forest sector; ten years under a new agreement during which we can implement these changes; followed by another conflict that we hope Canada will win, resulting in lumber becoming just another traded commodity. Our policy has four key elements: a gradual transition to market-price systems for 55% of public forest lumber volume; an expansion of value-added transformation and diversification of products; a reduction of softwood lumber production; and, a coordination role for the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. We do not believe that our proposition is perfect, but we consider that it offers an option for breaking out of the box that characterises this conflict.Keywords: softwood lumber, US-Canada relations, Forest policy, International timber trade RÉSUMÉ L' exportation du bois d' oeuvre canadien aux États-Unis est depuis longtemps une source de conflit. Avec l' expiration de l' entente sur le bois d' oeuvre résineux, nous avons examiné cet enjeu pour un projet dans un cours universitaire de politique forestière. Ce texte présente notre analyse de l'historique de cet enjeu et les acteurs engagés, ainsi que notre plan de vingt ans pour résoudre ce conflit. Notre stratégie comporte trois phases, en fonction de ce que l'avenir laisse présager : cinq ans de conflit et de négociation que le Canada devrait utiliser pour préparer certains changements dans notre secteur forestier; dix ans avec une nouvelle entente qui nous permettra de mettre en oeuvre ces changements; et finalement, un autre conflit que, espérons-le, le Canada gagnera afin que le bois d' oeuvre devienne simplement une autre commodité dans nos échanges commerciaux. Notre politique a quatre volets : une transition graduelle vers un système de marché pour la vente de 55 % de volumes provenant des forêts publiques; le renforcement de la valeur ajoutée et la diversification de nos produits; une réduction dans le volume de bois d' oeuvre résineux produit; et un rôle de coordination pour le Conseil canadien de ministres de forêts. Nous ne croyons pas que notre proposition est parfaite, mais nous pensons qu' elle offre une option pour sortir du carcan dont ce conflit semble se trouver.Mots clés : bois d'oeuvre résineux, relations canado-américaines, politique forestière, commerce international du bois 1 Students, Université de Moncton, École de foresterie, Edmunston, New Brunswick 2 Professor, Université de Moncton, École de foresterie, Edmunston, New Brunswick forest policy. Clearly, this is an issue with an importan...

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“…Yin and Baek (2004) provided an extensive review of the literature prior to 2004, and some recent studies include Stennes and Wilson (2005), Zhang and Laband (2005), Baek and Yin (2006), Gan (2006), Li and Zhang (2006), Mogus et al (2006, 2007. However, to our knowledge, no study has attempted to examine whether dumping has in fact taken place.…”

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An economic perspective on the determination of dumping in the US–Canada softwood lumber trade — an analysis for Ontario

2009

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Dumping has been one of the most controversial issues in the never-ending softwood lumber trade dispute between the United States (US) and Canada. In this paper, we investigate whether the softwood lumber producers in Ontario dumped product into their major market in the US during the period from April 1996 to September 2006. The Enhanced Parity Bounds Model was used to explore the possibility that Ontario's softwood lumber producers had exercised price discrimination between the Toronto market and the Great Lakes market. Our analysis indicates that the industry had on average charged a higher price in the Great Lakes market than in the Toronto market during this period. Based on this evidence and the economic conditions in which a US antidumping investigation and two administrative reviews were conducted, we draw the conclusion that the Ontario's softwood lumber producers did not dump product into the US market during the study period.Résumé : Le dumping est une des questions les plus controversées dans le conflit interminable du bois d'oeuvre entre les É tats-Unis et le Canada. Dans cet article, nous avons voulu déterminer si les producteurs ontariens de bois d'oeuvre résin-eux ont fait du dumping dans leur principal marché aux É tats-Unis au cours de la période allant d'avril 1996 à septembre 2006. Un modèle d'intégration des marchés (enhanced parity bounds model) a été utilisé pour explorer la possibilité que les producteurs ontariens de bois d'oeuvre résineux aient pratiqué une discrimination des prix entre le marché de Toronto et celui des Grands Lacs. Notre analyse indique que l'industrie a chargé un prix en moyenne plus élevé dans le marché des Grands Lacs que dans celui de Toronto durant cette période. Sur la base de cette preuve et des conditions économiques dans lesquelles l'enquête anti-dumping et les révisions administratives américaines ont été faites, nous arrivons à la conclusion que les producteurs de bois d'oeuvre résineux de l'Ontario n'ont pas fait de dumping dans le marché américain durant la période qui a été étudiée.[Traduit par la Rédaction]

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From Senators to the President: Solve the lumber problem or else

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

An empirical analysis of bill co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate: The Tree Act of 2007

An empirical analysis of bill co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate: The Tree Act of 2007

The softwood lumber dispute: Is a solution possible?

An economic perspective on the determination of dumping in the US–Canada softwood lumber trade — an analysis for Ontario

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