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Originally Posted by Scott S
Actually the President I blame the most is Clinton for the demise of the timber economy here in the wet west. His signing of the NAFTA agreement allowed the US to be flooded with Canadian wood products.
Scott S
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Didn't President Regan sign NAFTA? Maybe he signed the Canada / US free trade agreement that preceeded NAFTA, I can't remember for sure.
Scott I understand your frustration but NAFTA is a 2 way street. I work for a Canadian forest products company and we have mills shut down all across the country. Our stock used to be worth $18 a share now you can buy all you want for 85 cents. I lost a bundle on our stock as our company really promoted employee stock ownership. I'm not trying to pick a fight, I'm just saying that we are all hurting. The collapse of the US residential construction market has hurt many people.
As far as NAFTA and wood goes, there are literally hundreds of truckloads of round US wood coming into Canada every week. I have been watching them for years now as I drive down to my boat in upstate NY. I see a steady stream of loaded trucks heading north each Friday afternoon on I-87 as I head south. I don't know where they are coming from or where they are going but there sure are lots of them. As I said NAFTA is a 2 way street with winners and losers on both sides of the border.
Wayne