Softwood has always been outside of NAFTA.     The reasons I put quotes over "deal" is because it was heavily weighted in the U.S.'s favour.      Harper willingly threw out all previous court rulings AND gave the U.S. what amounted to a signing bonus (that was more than this current subsity - given the Cdn$ weakness).     Why did Harper rush into a bad deal (which fell apart within 2 years when the U.S. exercised its new rights to court challenges)?      Because Emerson had crossed, the CPC was getting heat, and Harper was desperate to be able to brag about "Getting things done".     

Now we are back to square one, except we don't have all the previous court rulings to back us up.