U.S. says trade plan won't hurt forests
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03/11/1999
A U.S. proposal to slash tariffs worldwide on paper, wooden furniture and other forest products would have little impact on the global timber harvest or the environment, a White House study said. But the analysis, released by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, concluded that timber harvests in some countries, led by Finland, would increase sharply, while harvests in South Korea, France and Japan would decline.