The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Harry Nelson, a UBC professor in the faculty of forestry and Ngaio Hotte, a PhD candidate in the faculty of forestry on the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute.
“While free trade would serve the broader interests of both countries, the history of softwood lumber disputes between Canada and the United States has moved trade agreements in the opposite direction,” they wrote. “In the short term, a quota agreement would ease tension between the two sides and avoid litigation. But over the long term, succumbing to pressure from the U.S. Lumber Coalition would create greater economic inefficiency and harm the economies of both countries.”
