President Trump’s trade practices are giving economists hives and Republicans the shakes, according to a former auto-industry czar. Meanwhile, Unifor’s Jerry Dias says its time for Canada to bolster it’s newsprint industry, as it did earlier with softwood lumber. 

Companies in the headlines include:

• EACOM’s CEO is pleased with PC’s plans to keep Huron Central Railway running
• Tolko gets burned timber harvest permits on BC Crown land
• Mercer announces expansion plans for its lumber mill in Germany
• Domtar to face Alberta appeal board in effort to avoid mill site cleanup costs
• Port Hawkesbury Paper receives notice that it can keep its special power rate 
• Columbia Pulp tax breaks catch Columbia Country officials by surprise

In other news: U of New Hampshire researchers are improving our ability to measure CO2 by satellite, the U of Delaware has discovered how to make tape from lignin; and the U of Melbourne is using advanced microsope technology to see how wood is formed in real-time.

Finally, a Dutch company plans to build the world’s first habitable 3D printed houses.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor