Why the U.S. and Canada Are Fighting About Lumber: QuickTake Q&A

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Raw lumber moves into the saw mill at the Resolute Forest Products facility in Thunder Bay, Canada, Ontario, on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. Resolute Forest Products, the largest mill east of the Rockies, sends 90 percent of lumber produced south to supply the demand for housing construction for the U.S. The mill is also one of the few plants that creates wood pellets, or biomass, used to create energy in biomass reactors as well as supply some of the largest newspapers in the American Midwest, including Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

Why the U.S. and Canada Are Fighting About Lumber: QuickTake Q&A

Bloomberg
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Los Angeles Times
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Bloomberg
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New York Times
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New York Times
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Gizmodo
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Bloomberg
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FCC’s Pai to describe net neutrality rollback plans this week

Politico
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Nasdaq
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ECB Meeting Comes at a Precarious Time for Markets

Bloomberg
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