Canada Appealing 'Zeroing' Finding at WTO on Softwood Lumber
Canada will appeal the portion of the World Trade Organization panel that went against it in a softwood lumber antidumping penalty dispute, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland announced April 15. The decision, which she said questioned some aspects of the…
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U.S. duties' calculation, did allow for zeroing, which had always been ruled out of bounds in previous WTO cases (see 1904100046). "We firmly believe that the U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber are unfair and unwarranted. That is why we are challenging these duties at the WTO and under NAFTA," Freeland said. "We welcome the recent WTO panel ruling that the United States did not follow the rules in calculating its anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber.... Canada will be appealing the WTO panel’s separate findings on the U.S. practice of zeroing and its use of the differential pricing methodology." She noted that the WTO has ruled against zeroing more than 20 times.