The federal government in Ottawa is pushing back against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is seeking a judicial review of last month's Treasury Department assessment of the levies, which she calls unfair, unjust and illegal.
Ng is also urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to sit down and negotiate a resolution to the decades-old dispute. Tai has said the U.S. would be willing to negotiate, but only if Canada does away with a system that allows provinces to set prices for timber from Crown land.
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