U.S. Sets Import Duties on Canadian Softwood Lumber: Here’s What We’re Reading

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. U.S. sets final import duties on Canadian softwood lumber

“The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday announced it will impose finalized softwood lumber import duties on several Canadian firms.

“The U.S. government said Canadian producers were selling into the U.S. market at less than fair value, and said Canada was providing “unfair subsidies” to domestic producers.

“‘While I am disappointed that a negotiated agreement could not be made between domestic and Canadian softwood producers, the United States is committed to free, fair and reciprocal trade with Canada,'” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement.”

CBC News

2. Inside Hillary Clinton’s secret takeover of the DNC

From Donna Brazile: “When I was asked to run the Democratic Party after the Russians hacked our emails, I stumbled onto a shocking truth about the Clinton campaign.”

Politico

3. North Korean defector tells US spreading information is best way to deal with Kim Jong-un

“Thae Yong-ho said undermining Kim Jong-un’s God-like status among his people could be key to weakening his rule.

“North Koreans ‘don’t care about state propaganda but increasingly watch illegally imported South Korean movies and dramas,’ he added. Mr Thae was deputy ambassador to the UK before he defected last year.”

BBC News

4. Coders of the world, unite: can Silicon Valley workers curb the power of Big Tech?

“For decades, tech companies promised to make the world better. As that dream falls apart, disillusioned insiders are trying to take back control.”

The Guardian

+1: Can Germany fix Facebook? – The Atlantic

5. Cosmic rays just revealed a new, mysterious void inside the Great Pyramid

“Today, the journal Nature has published a finding that sounds like the setup to a Nicolas Cage movie. A team of physicists and engineers has discovered a previously unknown ‘void’ in the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt. And they did it with the help of cosmic rays created at the edge of space.”

Vox