Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been negotiating with the Canadian government to conclude a new softwood lumber agreement in an attempt to eliminate one of the bilateral roadblocks before the Trump administration sits down with Ottawa and Mexico City to discuss the modernization of NAFTA in mid-August, sources told Inside U.S. Trade. Ross last week met with U.S. lumber CEOs to discuss "policy papers" the Trump administration has developed with Canada as part of what Ross considered laying the groundwork for a new softwood lumber agreement, these sources said.
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