lumber producers, but
they have now ruled that Canadian mills did not benefit from countervailable
subsidies.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of
Citizens Against Government Waste, the nation's largest nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse , and mismanagement
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on Canadian softwood lumber imports
are de minimis and that the duties must be revoked.
More than 100 bi-partisan members of the U.baylor.

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consumers have labored under these illegal lumber duties for
far too long," Petniunas said.5 million workers, 25-to-1 when compared with those in the forestry
industry.

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Coalition should 'stop whining' and end their challenges

WASHINGTON, Once again a North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) bi-national panel has unanimously concluded that
countervailing duties imposed by the U. position that has been issued
in the past three years. to honor its treaty agreement with
Canada, and to end these illegal duties that continue to harm American
consumers," Susan Petniunas , spokesperson for American Consumers for
Affordable Homes, an alliance of 17 organizations that represent more than
95 percent of lumber consumption in the U.S. The school is ranked
12th among non-doctoral business schools, 24th among private business schools
and 66th in the nation, according to U.

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The U. Joe McKinney, Ben Williams
Professor of International Economics and assistant director of the McBride
Center, are coordinating the conference.

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S. The duties also have impacted a wide range of other
industries using Canadian softwood lumber, such as truss manufacturers,
pallets, cabinets , furniture and box springs, manufactured housing, as well as
lumber wholesalers and retailers. agriculture will be one of the primary
beneficiaries of CAFTA-DR, with exports to CAFTA-DR estimated to increase by
almost $900 million in the first year of the agreement.edu/freetrade or contact The McBride Center for
International Business at (254) 710-2462.

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Members of ACAH include: American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance,
Catamount Pellet Fuel Corporation, CHEP International, C.

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Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports continues to call NAFTA actions
illegal and unconstitutional, yet NAFTA was approved by Congress and signed
into law by then President George Bush.
Petniunas pointed out that the lumber duties, based on U.

WASHINGTON, On behalf of its more than one
million members and supporters, the Council for Citizens Against Government
Waste (CCAGW) today endorsed legislation to implement the Central America-
Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) .
The conference begins on the evening of October 6 with keynote speaker
Dr.

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-- Unanimous decision latest to confirm no Canadian lumber subsidy

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CCAGW Endorses CAFTA-DR

The Free Trade in the Americas Conference is sponsored by the Canadian
Embassy and the McBride Center for International Business at Baylor
University's Hankamer School of Business.

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This is the sixth and
final in a series of NAFTA defeats for the U. wins, the coalition
cheers, but when it loses, they whine and attack the dispute settlement
process imposed by NAFTA," Petniunas said. U.

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"ACAH calls on the Administration to respect
its international obligations under NAFTA and to revoke the unlawful duties
immediately. J. CCAGW's continuing support for CAFTA-DR, as
is the case with all future trade agreements, depends upon it remaining
inclusive of all sectors and products.

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Hodder Lumber
Company , Consumers for World Trade, Free Trade Lumber Council, Furniture
Retailers of America, The Home Depot , International Sleep Products
Association, Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform ,
Manufactured Housing Institute, National Association of Home Builders,
National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Lumber and Building Material
Dealers Association, National Retail Federation , Retail Industry Leaders
Association, and the United States Hispanic Contractors Association. WACO, Texas, Leading scholars and officials from
Canada, the United States and Latin America will examine the nature of Western
Hemisphere trade agreements, their implications for hemispheric relations and
the multilateral trading system at the Free Trade in the Americas Conference
on October 6 -7 at Baylor University. Jackson
254-710-7628 (office)
254-749-4055 (cell)

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forestry companies support the Coalition's position or
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Another NAFTA Loss Should End Illegal Canadian Lumber Duties; Consumers Urge Commerce Department to Comply with Agreement

This latest NAFTA decision reiterates the fact that the Coalition's unfair
trade allegations against lumber from Canada were without merit when they were
filed nearly five years ago, and remain baseless today.S.S.
ACAH does not oppose constructive negotiations to resolve the decades long
standing dispute, but opposes any agreement that imposes a border measure that
would increase costs to consumers or add volatility to the lumber market.

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Senate and House of
Representatives have called on the Bush Administration over the past three
years to end the duties and to not impose any export taxes, duties or quotas
on lumber that is essential to the U. The Senate Finance
Committee holds its first hearing today on the accord that would create a free
trade area covering the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Furthermore, now that all of the other CAFTA-DR signatories have ratified
the agreement, CCAGW calls on Congress to ratify this comprehensive agreement
and to reject any attempts to exclude any products from the CAFTA-DR.
"We hope this will be a dialogue that points the way toward more fruitful
cooperation between these trading partners," said Dr. News "Best Undergraduate Programs .

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S.S.S.S.
The duties were imposed after timberland owners and forestry companies,
including International Paper, Potlatch, Plum Creek, Sierra Pacific, and
Temple Inland, members of the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports, charged that
Canadian lumber is unfairly subsidized, and being dumped at lower prices in
the U.S."
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S. Not all U.
Otherwise, the agreement itself will be jeopardized, with costly consequences.
Topics of the conference will include new trade strategies in the
Americas, regional and bilateral free trade agreements, results of the Free
Trade for the Americas negotiations and interaction of regional and global
trade agreements.

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These industries employ more than
6. can not produce enough lumber to meet its needs, and has to
import a third of it from Canada.
Commercially, CAFTA-DR represents the United States' twelfth largest
export market, our second largest export market in the region, and our sixth
fastest growing export market .

Free Trade in the Americas Conference Assesses Current State of Trade

Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and outgoing Director General of the World
Trade Organization, and continues October 7 with several other speakers and
panel discussions.

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"It is clearly time for the U. Currently they have
dropped to about 10 percent. CCAGW President Tom Schatz
released the following statement:

CCAGW commends President George Bush for the fact that CAFTA-DR is a
comprehensive agreement that does not exclude so-called politically sensitive
products or sectors of the economy.
CCAGW urges Congress to reject any exclusions or new negotiations that
would undermine this agreement.

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S. Not only have NAFTA
panels ruled that lumber from Canada did not injure U." This panel included three U. For more
information, visit http://www.

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S. Stephen Gardner, Herman
Brown Professor of Economics and director of the McBride Center for
International Business at Baylor. He and Dr.baylor.

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Census Bureau
data, add at least $1,000 to the cost of a new home, pricing as many as
300,000 families out of the housing market since the small amount prices them
out of a mortgage.
The U. Excluding specific products or sectors
from trade negotiations leads to reduced market access for Americans --
particularly for the agriculture industry -- rendering the agreement useless
in the long run.edu/business for more information.J.

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"When the U.

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"U. members and two Canadians .
Commerce imposed antidumping and countervailing duties on Canadian
softwood lumber imports that were initially 27 percent.