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Donald Trump has ordered the industry for the industry to join the expanded commodity area of Washington’s GLOBAL Trade War, and ordered an unloaded probate in the US Lumber market.
On Saturday, the President of the Presidency is investigating the importance of the import of internal logger and imports of internal logger, after a similar investigation into the copper industry, the lack of risk to the US National Security and Days.
If the investigation finds the evidence of discharge, the president may apply revenge measures, including quotas and tariffs. Canada, so far the largest source of US lumber imports would be the hardest shot.
“It is clear that something is going on here. We know that these exporters benefited from our knowledge are mass subsidies.”
“But it’s up to this (trade) secretary Howard Lutnick Explore it and return to the President with a report. ”
Although the Canadian Lumber imports are already subject to 14.5 percent of tariffs, the announcement notes the first official step to drag the industry Trump in the Global Trade War. There will be new tariffs in addition to previous Canadian accounts.
On the eve of 25 percent of tariffs to be introduced in Canada and Mexico next week, more than 10 percent more than 10 percentage fees in China imports increased pressure on Trump’s US trade partners.
The President also tried to target the special industries that imports violated the local industry. After watching a similar zone in the first term, it is put on a 25 percent tariff application in steel and aluminum imports.
On Tuesday declared an investigation Fear of copper imports, the intimidation of the metal in the next sector with tariffs.
In the United States, there is a long-term case with Canada with Lumber imports. In 2023, he imported 34 million cubic meters of soft wooden. The vast majority of this – more than 28 mn cu ft – came from Canada. The next bigger the biggest, Germany and Sweden are less than 3.5 million cubic meters.
Forestry is a great job for Canada. In 2022, the sector assisted about $ 33.4 billion in about 1.2 percent, or about 1.2 percent. In the same year, the exports of forest products in Canada were estimated at $ 45.6 billion in $ 45.6 billion with the government, according to the government.
The British Columbia Province has held decades in the courts that are highly concentrated by Canada’s forestry industries, as well as companies, as well as the US assembly and anti-traction tasks.
In 2016, the Lumber industry in the United States has launched the latest rounds of the most recent claim, called for the trade department to act as “Canadian Lumber, and attacked and thrown in the US market” statement from the BC government.
The controversy, the parks managed by wooden or provinces from the Canadian forestry industries, so production and management costs are lower than forestry companies that trust in the private area.
Since being the President, Trump has repeatedly raised the issue and threatened the tariffs in the tree imports.
Canadian Forest Products Association President Derek Nighbor, on both sides of the border on both sides of the border and seeking affordable apartments, will harm the workers of the forest sector in American families, he said.
“We must be aimed at strengthening our competitive advantages, to establish more favorable apartments, and worsen wild roads, and the development of more favorable apartments working together to bring more North American board.”
However, the Stimson Lumber Owner Andrew Miller, Chairman of the US Lumber Coalition, said: “Canadian unfair trade comes directly to US companies and employees.”
