Klobuchar Statement on New Tariffs for Canadian Softwood Lumber

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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar issued the following statement on reports that the Commerce Department made preliminary determinations and could impose tariffs on softwood lumber coming to the U.S. from Canada.

"New tariffs could bring welcome relief to workers, producers, and rural communities in Minnesota and across the country that have been hurt by unfairly traded softwood lumber. We should keep working to negotiate a long-term softwood lumber agreement with Canada that protects American timber jobs."

Last October, Klobuchar and a bipartisan group of senators called for any new softwood lumber agreement with Canada to protect U.S. timber jobs and communities. Last July, Klobuchar and a bipartisan group of senators urged the U.S. Trade Representative to negotiate an agreement that fully addresses the harmful effects of subsidized Canadian lumber in the U.S. market and to fully enforce U.S. trade laws against unfairly traded imports, including softwood lumber.

Klobuchar is co-chair of the Canada-United States InterParliamentary Group.

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