On behalf of the National-Association of Home Builders and the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, a friend-of-the-court brief was recently filed.On behalf of the NationalAssociation of Home Builders and the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, a friend-of-the-court brief was recently filed. The brief urges a North American Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994. (NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's ) bi-national panel to reject the 27% duties resulting from a U.S. International Trade Commissions (ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → ) finding of "threat of material injury" to U.S. lumber producers from Canadian softwood lumber imports. The 27% Commerce Department duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports went into effect last May. The brief was filed on behalf of two members of the American Consumers for Affordable Homes (ACAH ACAH American Consumers for Affordable Housing ), an 18-member alliance of U.S. lumber consumers that comprise 95% of domestic and imported lumber consumption. |
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