The world’s trading system survived the most protectionist US administration in memory, as the new NAFTA shows limits of America First. The reason—according to the Wall Street Journal—the resistance Mr. Trump encountered from Congress, business, his advisers and Canada and Mexico. A summary look at the range of reactions to the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

In other news: Resolute is selling its South Carolina paper mill; Palmer Renewable Energy plans its biomass launch in Oregon; Miller Western wins a safety award in Alberta; and the US Senate narrowly passed Daines’ bill to “end fringe litigation and the endless barrage of timber lawsuits“.

Finally, Canadian Women in Timber pays homage to BC’s forest sector on its Forest Awareness Day.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor