Trudeau commented a day after the announcement of new U.S. duties of up to 24 percent on softwood lumber entering the U.S. from Canada. A statement said the two leaders discussed the dairy and lumber trade, but it gave no details. Trudeau's government, however, offered a more detailed read-out of the call and said Trudeau "refuted the baseless allegations" by the U.S. Commerce Department about Canadian softwood lumber. In softwood lumber, the countries have had a once-a-decade cycle of tariffs, trade litigation, and ultimately settlements. Despite remarks from the president and his cabinet secretary, neither lumber nor dairy are actually part of the current NAFTA.

Source: ABC News April 25, 2017 16:06 UTC