BC lumber lobby says WTO ruling on Byrd Amendment helps softwood ...
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VANCOUVER (CP) - A World Trade Organization ruling gives Canada needed clout to recover more than $3 billion in duties destined for US lumber producers, a Canadian lumber lobby says.
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Legislation seeking to ban metal bats has been a boon for manufacturers of wood composite bats, which use blends of maple, ash and even bamboo.
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The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected a US appeal against an earlier finding that supported Canada&#39;s wheat trade. The WTO appeals body upheld a February decision by its dispute settlement body, which
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KING COUNTY - A nasty surprise for fishermen and apple growers. The World Trade Organization says there will be tariffs on those products and heavy machinery from the United States.
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The World Trade Organization has authorized punitive sanctions against US exports ranging from lobsters to crane trucks because Washington has failed to repeal the so-called Byrd amendment.
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By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON - In Washington, it pays to read the fine print. The Iraq funding bill is a perfect example, studded with provisions to help dairy farmers, airlines, salmon fisherman and rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.
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The World Trade Organization on Wednesday held off approving stiff sanctions on US exports ranging from cod to mobile homes intended to punish Washington until it repeals the so-called Byrd amendment.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 5--RELATED:  Fearless objection takes lawmakers by surprise   --Virginia Politics Blog   The Senate conservation committee endorsed a bill today that would strip powers from two pollution-fighting boards.
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ZURICH: The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of WTO has authorised seven countries, including India, to impose trade sanctions up to $150 million on the United States for its non-compliance with the WTO ruling that found the US Byrd Amendment on anti-dumping
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By Caleb Heeringa, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 10--A state Supreme Court justice will discuss legislating from the bench next week.   The Northwest Business Club is hosting Richard B. Sanders at the Bellingham Elks Lodge at noon on Wednesday.
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By Douglas Fischer, STAFF WRITER  A federal judge Wednesday upheld a Clinton-era decision leaving vast roadless tracts of the country's national forests off-limits to logging trucks, drilling rigs and other traffic.   The decision, by U.S.
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Opponents and supporters say new Forest Service environmental review rules are expected to have little impact on the amount of timber harvested from the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie
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Too many trees lost for more shopping centers  This was recently sent to Mayor (Meyera) Oberndorf.  Please visit our neighborhood of old Thalia. Come and see what they have done to the corner at Willis Furniture store thus far.
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A federal judge in California reinstated Clinton-era protections against logging and mining in forests.
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A United Nations conference adopted a proposal on Friday to tighten controls on the trade of a commercially valuable hardwood known as ramin, which could help save the endangered orang-utan ape.