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Evaluates the policy issues which have arisen in the debate over the perceived conflict between environmental policy goals and the pursuit of more open multilateral trade under the evolving GATT framework. Argues that improving the international trading environment and improving the state of the natural environment are desirable and reconcilable public policy aims. (Original abstract-amended)

THE U.S. TRADE IMBALANCE AND AMERICAN "COMPETITIVENESS" ARE NOW AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE POLITICAL AGENDA IN THE UNITED STATES. THE RECENT DISPUTE OVER CANADIAN LUMBER IMPORTS EXEMPLIFIES THE POLITICS AND CONSEQUENCES OF A PROTECTIONIST POLICY RESPONSE TO THE UNITED STATES' TRADE SITUATION.