Confrontation with the US is a clear losing proposition. The only viable way forward is negotiation in good faith. I wouldn't fo so far as ro say co-operation because there are shades of defeatism potentially if we start out with that attitude but inevitably we won't be able to win every battle no matter what Rona Ambrose pretends. What does Ambrose think about Emerson in her own government leaving $1 billion of Canadian softwood lumber industrymoney on the table - does she not think that had an effect on employment levels and the subsequent takeover of major Canadian producers by American juggernauts like Weyerhauser?