US importers paying for Trump’s trade war, according to IMF
Companies in the U.S. are paying almost all the costs from Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, IMF [...]
June 10, 2019
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Arauco revenues negatively impacted by US-China trade war
Net income for Arauco, one of the world’s largest forestry companies, reached USD 126.1 million in 1Q-2019 [...]
June 10, 2019
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Hardwood lumber industry in the US seriously affected by trade war with China
The U.S. hardwood lumber industry has a heavy reliance on export markets for its survival, and is being devastated [...]
June 5, 2019
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US-China trade war affects African wood products traders’ confidence
The likely impact of a prolonged trade dispute between China and the US is undermining the [...]
June 5, 2019
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Lumber prices in the US on decline at the end of May
Trading remained a grind, as sellers stepped up efforts to move prompt loadings while buyers limited purchases to must-have [...]
June 5, 2019
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US turns to Vietnamese plywood as trade war with China advances
While U.S. imports of hardwood plywood are flat, imports from Vietnam are growing rapidly amid declines in the China [...]
June 4, 2019
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US hardwood industry starts to realize the importance of diversification of hardwood export markets
The fact that China has imposed tariffs on American hardwood products imports has sounded the alarm [...]
June 3, 2019
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Outcome of the US-China trade war on the wood products industry
On 13 May China's State Council announced increased tariffs on US$60 billion of US imports (some 5,140 [...]
May 28, 2019
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Hardwood lumber exports from U.S. to China go 40% down during Q1/2019
Hardwood lumber exports from U.S. to China fell 39.8% y-o-y to 352.0 thousand m3 in [...]
May 28, 2019
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China imposes tariffs of up to 25% on US products; see list of wood products affected
China said it will impose higher tariffs on a range of US goods, striking back in its trade war with [...]
May 22, 2019
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