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some may ask why we remember the holocaust in this hall of democracy in the capital of the free world. for that matter, why is there holocaust museum on a national model? the answer lies in the fact that this great country was founded on an idea, one of the most consequential ideas in human history. that ideas represented in this majestic space and engraved one entrance of the museum where vendors sitters encounter some of the most important words ever written about our national values. and it begins, we hold these truths to be self-evident, the declaration of independence was perhaps the very first human rights proclamation in universal freedom was at the heart of our democracy. this democracy is situated at one end of the mall and at the other end since the lincoln memorial. midway between is our museum. his lesson stand as a cautionary tale in stark contrast to the rest of the mall. as one u.s. senator said shortly after the museum opened, the washington monument has ....
joining us. my name is frank mora. i am the director of the kimberly green latin america and caribbean center here at florida international university. we are, for our friends in c-span, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of florida international university here in miami. we have another campus where the center is located in west dade. the center that i direct is one of the institutes of programs or centers at the stephen j green school of public and international affairs, again at florida international university. we are just absolutely delighted to be posting or cohosting these events. i want to thank our dean here, the dean of the chaplain school of hospitality and tourism management, mike hampton. [applause] thank you for supporting this, and thi this is a great if it to adhere on your campus, right? also i want to thank another cohost, the cuban research institute. the director is here with us today and will be joining in a second. a little bit about why we r ....
my name is frank mora, the director of the kimberly green latin american caribbean center here at florida international university. we are, for our friends in c-span, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of florida international university here in miami. we have another campus in west dade. the center that i direct is one of the institutes and programs or centers at the steven j. green school of public and international affairs, again at florida international university. we re just absolutely delighted to be hosting or co-hosting this event. i want to thank our dean here, the dean of the chaplin school of hospitality and tourism management, mike hampton. thank you, dean, for supporting this. and this is a great event to have here on your campus, right? also i want to thank another co-host, the cuban research institute. the director is here with us today and will be joining the panel in a second. a little bit about why we re here and how we got here. last year, ....
i want to bring up secretary wilbur ross. night action we took last is the culmination of a couple of decades of disputes between the united states and canada. what has provoked the dispute is the following. in canada, the forests are owned by the individual provinces and each of the provinces set to charge for the loggers to use when taking trees down. in the u.s., it s all open market. it s all market-based prices. theprovinces subsidize cutting down of lumber, this technical term being stumpage. them charge a subsidized low price when the product hits the u.s. we have determined preliminarily that those problems, while they vary from one province to another, in some cases are as high as roughly 25%. and on average are around 20%. they are quite material items. the preliminary decision that was put out yesterday imposes those countervailing duties on softwood lumber from canada. those duties will be collected starting today and they will be collected on a retroactiv ....
good afternoon. i would like to start off today by having the secretary of takence discussion action last night with respect to canadian softwood lumber. it was an action that talks about what we are doing to make sure we are fighting for industries here at home. without further a do, i want to bring up secretary wilbur ross. the action we took last night is actually the culmination of a couple of decades of disputes between the united states and canada. what has provoked the dispute is the following. in canada, the forests are owned by the individual per provinces and each of the provinces set the charge for the loggers to use when they are taking trees down. in the u.s., it is all open market, it is all market-based prices. subsidize thees cutting down of lumber. sts technical term being umpage and that allows them to charge a subsidized low price at the u.s. border. we have determined preliminarily those problems vary from one province to the other, in some cases ....