Long-outlawed US trade policy wins WTO approval in Canada lumber dispute

Conifex Timber

09/04/2019 15:10

GENEVA, April 9 (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization
ruling approved a long-outlawed U.S. trade policy on Tuesday,
when a panel of adjudicators said Washington's use of "zeroing"
to calculate anti-dumping tariffs was permissible in the case of
Canadian softwood lumber. 
    The WTO's long-running row over zeroing is a technical
dispute that turned into a power struggle between the United
States and the arbiters of international trade law. Some lawyers
see it as a major factor in U.S. President Donald Trump's
decision to block appointments of judges at the WTO.

 (Reporting by Tom Miles; editing by Stephanie Nebehay)
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