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Lumber tariff a priority for CUSMA review: Unifor

Unifor laid down the union’s priorities for the 2026 review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) in testimony on May 30 by Unifor National President Lana Payne to MPs on the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade.

“U.S. officials aren’t mincing words when they tell us not to get ‘too comfortable’ ahead of these talks,” warned Payne.

Top concerns for the union on behalf of workers include the long-standing softwood lumber dispute, the monitoring of aluminum imports, the need for the U.S. to raise its WTO tariff on light duty vehicles and the ability of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to react to the threat of Chinese EV imports, subsidized through forced labour, excessive subsidies, tech theft and other means.

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