The hardwood industry that crafts much of our homes’ interiors says it’s suffering under the Trump administration’s trade war and wants the same relief promised to the country’s farmers. Over 450 loggers, manufacturers and distrubutors of hardwood, including 54 from Ohio, are asking for inclusion of the U.S. hardwood sector in any tariff relief programs. The industry, they argue in a letter to the Trump administration, plays a “critical role” in rural economies and communities and has lost billions since the first trade war between the U.S. and China in 2018. …The Ohio forest products industry has a state economic impact of over $30 billion per year, according to the Ohio Forestry Association. There are approximately 8 million acres woodlands in Ohio, much of which is hardwood, and around 50,000 people are directly employed in forest products manufacturing and services in Ohio.