More than 600 US companies want to urge Trump to end tariffs of Chinese products
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan [...]
June 26, 2019
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Massive curtailments in BC push US softwood lumber prices up
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 24, 2019
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Vietnam to block Chinese relabeled wood products exported to the US
Vietnam has said it would crackdown on goods of Chinese origin illegally relabeled “Made in Vietnam” by exporters seeking to [...]
June 19, 2019
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Chinese tariffs hit the US forest supply chain
The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]
June 19, 2019
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Canada appeals against WTO’s April ruling in softwood lumber dispute with US
Canada has appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruling in a case it lost [...]
June 18, 2019
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US softwood lumber prices continue to fall in June 2019
Despite a growing list of mill curtailments, prices of framing lumber sagged under the weight of [...]
June 18, 2019
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Softwood lumber deliveries from EU to US nearly double
European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise [...]
June 18, 2019
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US must take another look at its tariff calculation of China hardwood plywood
The U.S. Department of Commerce must take another look at its tariff calculation of hardwood plywood imported from China [...]
June 18, 2019
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Chinese companies seeking alternatives to US timber
At present, Chinese companies have been able to absorb the increased tariff levels on imported US timber raw materials but [...]
June 13, 2019
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Sharp fall in US lumber prices
Mills idled by wildfires in Western Canada and expectations that more market- or resource-related shutdowns [...]
June 13, 2019
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