Lumber trade war: New U.S. tariffs unlikely to hurt Canadian sawmills much

The Domtar sawmill, formerly Resolute sawmill, in Thunder Bay exports almost 90 per cent of its produced softwood lumber to the U.S., and like the many other Northwestern Ontario mills in the forestry sector, will likely not feel serious impacts from the U.S. government's imposed 25 percent tariffs, a local union official says. The impact is expected to be felt by the Americans. Stephen Boon, the northern area director for the Unifor union, called the pending 25 percent tariff on softwood lumber a "double whammy" as lumber producers deal with existing tariffs. Boon explained ...