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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811373703321

Titolo

Canada-United States trade in forest products [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Russell S. Uhler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1991

ISBN

1-283-22598-0

9786613225986

0-7748-5659-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

134 p. : ill. ; ; 24 cm

Collana

Canada and international relations, , 0847-0510 ; ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

UhlerRussell S

Disciplina

382/.41498/0971

Soggetti

Forest products industry - Canada

Forest products industry - United States

Canada Commerce United States

United States Commerce Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- The Politics of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products -- The Political Economy of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products -- Canadian Public Timber Pricing and the Great Subsidy Debate -- Inter-Regional and Inter-Temporal Differences in North American Softwood Lumber Production Costs -- Canada-U.S. Trade and the Product Mix of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry -- The Legal Context of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products

Sommario/riassunto

This book illuminates the major economic and political factors that have led to the development of a particular pattern of trade in forest products, and it examines and compares the legal structures within which this trade takes place. Standard economic and political methods of analysis are used to study the history of this trade, including such recent developments as the Free Trade Agreement. Several of the chapters focus on two recent trade disputes involving Canadian exports of shakes and shingles and of softwood lumber to the United States. These disputes are instructive for understanding not only the politics of trade but also important economic issues such as the measurement



and impact of timber subsidies. In addition, the authors consider the factors affecting foreign market share, and the burden of tariffs and export taxes.