The closure of Canfor’s pulp mill has renewed calls by industry, unions and lawmakers to reverse BC’s forestry crisis. In related news: COFI’s Kim Haakstad says the sector is in “medical emergency” territory; Unifor, the Truck Loggers Association warn of wider impacts; and Resource Works’ Stuart Muir says Ottawa confirms the province’s crisis is largely “homegrown.” In other Business news: International Paper is closing its packaging facility in Texas; Premier David Eby promotes BC wood construction in China; the US imposes new tariffs on Brazilian paper and other products; US builder sentiment remains weak, Canadian housing starts fall, and oil prices face renewed upside risk.
In Forestry/Wildfire news: Vancouver Island communities mourn professionals killed in a helicopter crash; Teamsters urge CN to stop running trains through active wildfire zones; Saskatchewan and BC report active fires; and Ontario wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations in several First Nations. Meanwhile: a new study says that Trump’s logging plan threatens drinking water for 25 million Americans; and Tasmania debates the future of old-growth logging.
Finally, another Seedy Business story by forestry veteran Don Pigott—this time on Haida Gwaii in ’83.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor



The US will impose a 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil starting July 22, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday — the first action under the Trump administration’s new tariff strategy that could eventually affect dozens of countries. …Wednesday’s announcement follows a proposal by the Trump administration in June to impose a punitive tariff of 25% on many imports from Brazil after deciding its practices were unfair on a range of issues from digital trade to illegal deforestation. The tariffs would apply to thousands of Brazilian imports, including sugar, agricultural machinery, apparel, electrical machinery, paper and steel. The U.S. said it would exempt all the products proposed for exemption in the June notice, except high-purity dissolving pulp and non-pharmaceutical applications of certain products. The exemptions include beef, coffee, rare earths, energy products, aircraft and aircraft parts.













