Canada and America have been fighting about timber for 40 years
As Donald Trump takes office, the chances of a lumber deal look slim
When the boss of the US Lumber Coalition took the podium at the Global Wood Summit in Vancouver in October, he did not have to tell his mostly Canadian audience to hold their applause. “I’m not going to make a lot of eye contact,” Zoltan van Heyningen said, standing before the frosty room.
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