The United States increases the duties of Canadian wooden wood, which reaches more than 35 %

The United States has increased compensatory duties on Canadian soft wood, up to 35.19 percent.

The decision was announced on Friday before US Department of Commerce.

Despite the rising drawings ExpectedThey still draw condemnation and words of an alarm from industry and political leaders in British Columbia and Ontario, who say this is the latest example of the unfair treatment of industry than their largest and most important international partner.

“Two words Donald Trump’s recent step are described to increase compensatory duties on Canadian soft wood: ridiculous and reckless,” said Ravi Parmar Minister of Forestry of British Columbia in a statement published on social media.

“Adding these additional duties to the Lenin wood … will only exacerbate the ability to withstand costs on both sides of the border.”

Speaking to CBC News, Parmar described definitions as “an attack on forest workers working hard in Canada.” He said that the real people who pay for definitions are American consumers looking to build homes.

“This is nothing more than just an eye in the eye, and this will cost them great, because they depend heavily on wood.”

The British Forestry Industries Council described the new fees as “paralyzing” for workers in Canada, while the Wood Trade Council BC indicated that the fees mean the high prices of construction companies in the United States, which depend on soft wood imports in order to build new homes.

“This decision will harm societies on both sides of the border,” Corn Council Chairman Court Nexdeet said in a statement.

“What is required now is a stable and negotiating agreement that supports jobs, trade and the ability to afford housing costs.”

A similar message was shared by the Ontario Forestry Association, which referred to a Report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce I found that the customs tariff had already added up to $ 6000 from the United States to the cost of building one family home in the United States.

The issue of wooden wood has always been a point of disagreement between Canada and the United States, which preceded the current presidential administration for several decades.

In Canada, the wood-producing provinces have placed the so-called trunk fees for wood that was harvested from Crown Land, a system that forced us to pay market prices-on an unfair subsidy.

The US Department of Commerce agreed and imposed duties that reflect its belief that the Canadian producer is being sold at a fair value in the United States.

Parmar says that Canada has been constantly objected to the US duties under the state, technology and technology agreement in Canada (CUSMA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement and the United States’ International Trade Court.

“We won every time,” he added. “The challenge we face this time is a president who does not believe in the rule of law.”

Over the past decade, escalating duties have affected the industry in Canada, especially in British Colombia, where hundreds of jobs have already lost and expanded their scope, in part in response to the lack of access to American markets.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Mark Carne announced New support for industryIncluding more than $ 1.2 billion in financing to help diversify its markets and re -train affected workers.

Parmar said he expected nearly half of this amount to flow to BC

“We are the biggest forest when it comes to the foreboding in Canada with a long shot, so I have every expectation that the federal government will recognize this,” he said.

He said that funding will provide “little rest” over a period of time to respond to the duties, but he stressed the need to reduce dependence on the United States