    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 17 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
    [Pages 807-808]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on the Framework Agreement With Canada on Softwood Lumber
    Trade

    April 27, 2006

        I am pleased that the United States and Canada concluded a framework
    agreement

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    today to resolve the long-standing dispute on softwood lumber trade.
    This agreement shows how NAFTA partners can overcome differences and
    work together. The United States' close ties with our good friend and
    northern neighbor made this agreement possible. I applaud Prime Minister
    Harper's leadership in resolving this issue, and I am grateful to the
    lead negotiators on both sides, Ambassador Susan C. Schwab for the
    United States and Ambassador Michael Wilson of Canada.