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[Koog]

The American Age Is Over

I can understand how leftists may feel this way but it is gross overreaction. But "the bulwark.com"?? You gotta be kidding!

[OMOLIVES]

Jon is an idiot...lol. And Carney keeps forgetting the long ass history in software lumber commodities and the abusive tactics they have used for decades. When you subsidize an Industry so heavily....you destroy relationships.

From 2006:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-109shrg27294/html/CHRG-109shrg27294.htm

My State of Oregon is home to some of the most productive
timberland in the world. And timber continues to play an
integral role in Oregon's economy. In the last 20 years,
changes in Federal forest management have forced dramatic
changes in Oregon and elsewhere. Hundreds of mills were closed,
and more than 35,000 forest-products jobs were lost in the
Pacific Northwest. But surviving mills invested in new
technology, and they diversified their products, and they
expanded their timber sources. Our lumber mills are now some of
the most efficient in the world, yet they are still closing at
an alarming rate. Seventy-nine mills have permanently closed in
the U.S. since the year 2000 alone, more than twice as many as
have in Canada.

This phenomenon surprises me, given the fact that the
United States has been experiencing an unprecedented housing
boom. In fact, Department of Commerce statistics show that
total U.S. housing construction in 2005 was at its second-
highest level ever. But Canadian lumber imports are also at an
all-time high, topping 18 billion board feet, or one-third of
the U.S. market.

With respect to the U.S. Government, I want to point out
that the Canadian lumber dispute is the largest trade case in
our history. This Administration and this Senator are both
strong proponents of free trade. However, my ability to
continue supporting free-trade agreements rests upon confidence
that U.S. industries are fully protected under U.S. trade law;
by that, meaning that they and their competitors are playing by
the same rules. I applaud our officials at Commerce and USTR
for the time and the gray hairs they have invested in this
case, and I very much look forward to their report.

Again...I am all in on free trade.... always. But I experienced the bullshite' first hand. There are two sides to every story.

More here .... https://uslumbercoalition.org/issues/canadian-subsidies-dumping/