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							    <description>The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today highlighted key accomplishments for 2012 of the most ambitious trade-expansion plan in Canada’s history.</description>
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							    <title>Canada Applauds Softwood Lumber Ruling on British Columbia’s Timber-Pricing System</title>
							    
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							    <description>The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today welcomed a favourable ruling in the trade dispute with the United States over the timber-pricing system for British Columbia’s Interior. </description>
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							    <title>Reminder - Minister Fast to Meet with Provincial and Territorial Trade Ministers</title>
							    
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							    <title>Minister Fast to Meet with Provincial and Territorial Trade Ministers</title>
							    
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							    <title>Photo Release - Canada and U.S. Sign Two-Year Extension to Softwood Lumber Agreement</title>
							    
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							    <title>Address by Minister Fast to Media at Embassy of Canada to the United States</title>
							    
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							    <description>Today I joined U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to sign a two-year extension to the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement.</description>
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							    <title>Harper Government Secures Access to U.S. Market for Softwood Lumber Until 2015</title>
							    
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							    <description>Extending agreement that returned $5 billion to exporters and that ensures future stability is great news for Canadian lumber workers and their families, says International Trade Minister.</description>
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							    <title>Reminder - International Trade Minister Ed Fast to Visit Washington, D.C., to Make Important Announcement</title>
							    
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							    <description>The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, will make an official visit to Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2012.</description>
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							    <title>International Trade Minister Ed Fast to Visit Washington, D.C., to Make Important Announcement</title>
							    
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							    <description>The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, will make an official visit to Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2012.</description>
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							    <title>Asia-Pacific Gateway Facilitates Record Lumber Exports</title>
							    
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							    <international:pubDate>01/19/2012</international:pubDate>
							    
							    <description>The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today released the following statement in response to a report from Forestry Innovation Investment, a B.C. Crown agency, that exporters in that province are sending record amounts of lumber to China:</description>
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							    <title>Statement by Minister Van Loan on Softwood Lumber Ruling</title>
							    
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							    <international:pubDate>02/11/2011</international:pubDate>
							    
							    <description>No. 62 - February 11, 2011 - 4:35 p.m. ET</description>
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							    <title>Statement by Minister Van Loan on Softwood Lumber Ruling</title>
							    
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							    <international:pubDate>01/21/2011</international:pubDate>
							    
							    <description>No. 31 - January 21, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. ET</description>
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							    <title>Government of Canada Will Vigorously Defend British Columbia’s Softwood Lumber Industry</title>
							    
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							    <international:pubDate>01/18/2011</international:pubDate>
							    
							    <description>No. 28 - January 18, 2011 - 3 p.m. ET</description>
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							    <title>Minister Van Loan Promotes Deeper Canada-U.S. Ties</title>
							    
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							    <description>No. 143 - April 23, 2010 - 12:20 p.m. ET</description>
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