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Week At A Glance

Government support needed for new pulp mill in Nova Scotia
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Northern Pulp’s proposed pulp mill will require $2.5 billion in private-public funding. In other Business news: cooler heads prevail on US-Canada tariff escalation, but Trump’s steel levies beget countermeasures by … → Read More
US builders and lumber dealers sound off on tariff volatility
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

US builders and lumber dealers say tariff uncertainty brings back pandemic-era supply-chain shortages. In related tariff news: RONA pivots to Canadian-made goods; Canada’s NDP leader wants to build with wood; … → Read More
US tariff on steel and aluminum planned for March 12, lumber and dairy April 2
Monday, March 10, 2025

US Commerce Secretary Lutnick expects a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum on Wednesday, but lumber and dairy tariffs not until April 2nd. In related news: Canada’s next prime minister … → Read More
Trump pauses 25% tariff (again). Canada’s lumber is included.
Friday, March 7, 2025

Trump paused (for one month), his 25% tariff on products covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, and while lumber is not part of the agreement, NAHB says lumber is included. … → Read More
Trump and Trudeau talk but trade war will last for foreseeable future
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Trudeau says talk with Trump was ‘colourful’ but trade war will last for foreseeable future. Related headlines include: Global News: New duties strain BC’s lumber industry CBC News: New Brunswick … → Read More

Tariff uncertainty adds to risk of recession, holds back business investment and consumer spending, By Kevin Mason, Managing Director, ERA Forest Products Research

Trump’s Trade War: What It Means for Canadian Forest Products, By Robert McKellar, Harmattan Risk and Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Forestry News

Devoting time and energy on potential tariffs is in itself a tax on industry, By Kevin Mason, Managing Director, ERA Forest Products Research

BC forestry needs urgent action to survive potential US trade war, By David Elstone and Denise Mullen, Business in Vancouver

Innovation, investment can help save forests and timber industry, By Pete Madden, CEO, U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities.

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