Chrystia Freeland heralds 'real breakthrough' on softwood lumber negotiations

Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 15:16

Canada's international trade minister says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's official visit to Washington helped secure a "real breakthrough" in the contentious softwood lumber negotiations.

"We have now managed to get the Americans to the table, we have managed to raise attention to this issue at the very highest levels," Chrystia Freeland said in an interview with Chris Hall on CBC Radio's The House.

This has been excerpted from the 12 March 2016 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chrystia-freeland-softwood-lumber-1.3488105