Canada’s PM Trudeau tells Trump that Canada will vigorously defend interests of softwood lumber industry

Reuters reporting statement from the Canadian PM Trudeau’s office, directed to the US President Trump, in the wake of yesterday’s reports that the Trump administration plans to impose 20% tariffs on soft lumber imports from Canada.

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