A New York lumber distributor sent a letter May 11 to the Commerce Department urging negotiations to begin on a new softwood lumber agreement, citing rising prices and market instability since the previous antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements expired in October 2015. “While this agreement is not the ultimate solution to price volatility, reenactment of the agreement will contribute to needed stability in the marketplace,” Belknap Lumber said in the letter, which was added by Commerce to the record of ongoing AD/CVD administrative reviews on softwood lumber from Canada on May 12.
Forced Labor
CBP is the primary U.S. agency tasked with combating forced labor in international trade. It is the only agency with legal authority to take enforcement action and prevent entry into domestic commerce of goods produced with forced labor. CBP combats forced labor by issuing Withhold Release Orders (WROs) and Findings, and enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), and Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Goods subject to WROs and Findings, UFLPA, and CAATSA status cannot be entered at any ports of the U.S.
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