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** Amendments to Softwood Lumber Agreement ( USTR )
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Softwood and Lumber
As a part of the deal, more than $ 5 billion in duty deposits collected would be returned. The 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement ( SLA ) establishes a dispute settlement mechanism based around the London Court of International Arbitration ( LCIA ), a nongovernmental institution.
* In 1996, the United States and Canada reached a five-year trade agreement, The Softwood Lumber Agreement, officially ending Lumber III.
* Three days after the Softwood Lumber Agreement's expiration on March 31, 2001, the U. S. lumber industry petitioned the Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties.
The legality of the use of the revised December 2004 International Trade Commission decision to continue to impose duties on Softwood Lumber Imports from Canada is before the U. S. Court of International Trade.
* On August 7, 2007, the United States, pursuant to settlement mechanism established in the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement, initiates arbitration in the London Court of International Arbitration ( a private body ).
* On March 4, 2008, the London Court of International Arbitration ruled ( in the first arbitration initiated in August 2007 ) that Canada was in violation of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement in its eastern provinces, but not in its western provinces.
In 2001 he was appointed as chief advisor and negotiator of the Quebec government in the Softwood Lumber dispute between Canada and the United States by then Premier Bernard Landry.
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In 2007 he became the founding Chairman of the United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities, a $ 200MM endowment funded by the U. S ./ Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement.
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