What does SLA stand for?

The tribunal's decision confirms the view of the United States that the Softwood Lumber Agreement is enforceable," US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.

The tribunal's decision confirms the view of the United States that the Softwood Lumber Agreement is enforceable," US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.

But under the softwood lumber agreement, help for environmental improvements is clearly allowed and it would be very hard for them to say this is unfair trade when we re matching exactly what they re getting.

12 ratified the Softwood Lumber Agreement of 2006, which specifies new price thresholds and quotas and refunds about $5 billion in collected duties--about $4 billion to various Canadian parties, approximately $50 million to a "binational industry council," $450 million to other "meritorious groups" within the United States and the remaining $500 million earmarked for the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports, a U.

and Canada over lumber has been escalating since the expiration of their Softwood Lumber Agreement in March 2001.

Prior to the expiration of the softwood lumber agreement on March 31, 2001, NorSask was selling between 90-95 per cent of its product to U.

After a five-year softwood lumber agreement between the two nations expired in April 2001, the U.

dollar, and the expiration of the Canadian softwood lumber agreement have made the U.