US, Canada To Keep Trying To Reach Lumber Agreement
Obama, Trudeau say negotiators will engage in "intensive" effort to strike deal in the fall
The U.S. and Canada continue to encounter major differences as they try to work out a new agreement governing exports of softwood lumber, but they also say further talks are planned to try to resolve the contentious issues.
After a summit meeting in Ottawa in late June among the leaders of U.S., Canada and Mexico, President Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said their negotiators would “maintain an intensive pace of engagement” and are seeking to strike a deal in the fall.