Same goes for Canada's softwood stumppage fees
Funny you should mention stumpage.
After years of acrimonius and bitter fighting, and dozens of lawsuits from both sides EVERY ONE OF WHICH THE US ARGUMENTS WERE FOUND GROUNDLESS AND SPECIOUS, the ignorant and venal still try to do a “South Park” and blame Canada.
What’s truly sad is that the US public is so misinformed and kept in the dark about their bureaucratic malfeasance that supposedly informed folks continue spouting the same tired canards about supposed missteps by other nations when it’s “The good old US of A” that is in error.
Do a little research and learn such minor points, for example, to log Crown land, the logging company has to undergo environmental assessments of their roads, build their own roads, and then decommission those roads ALL AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. US logging roads in national forests are built and maintained by the taxpayer. If THAT isn’t a huge subsidy that FAR outstrips the admittedly lower stumpage rates, well, you’re not paying attention.
As for the Mexican trucks, boy oh boy, I’m with you there, brother! Unless the vehicle can pass the same roadworthiness inspection as any other US or Canadian truck has to, it shouldn’t be allowed into the country. Some of the wrecks I’ve seen driving down the roads in Arizona and SoCal scared me, and I was either in a parking lot, or going the opposite way on I-5/8/10. How can those guys even drive those things?