Tariffs, Lumber Duties and COFI Conference Wrap-up:
On Trump’s Tariffs:
- Stock market reverses course on potential 90-day tariff pause
- Stocks swing down, up, down again as markets assess damage
- Global markets plunge on Trump’s tariff turmoil
- Tariff chaos puts White House on defence as markets tumble
On Softwood Lumber Duties:
- US set to significantly hike softwood lumber duties against Canada
- BC Premier calls out attack, plans to meet with Mark Carney on duties
- Alberta and Ontario warn of rising housing costs due to lumber duties
- US Lumber Coalition applauds the enforcement of US trade laws
- Tariffs and duties will hurt housing affordability, raise risk of recession
Feature presentations at the 2025 COFI Conference:
- BC Premier Eby and Minister Parmar on tariffs, timber and transformation
- The Elephant in the Room isn’t just fibre, its the system itself
- The Next 4 Years: US relations and forest products trade
- Summary Wrap-up: all the conference sessions in chronolgoical order
In other news: Trump orders sweeping reforms, half of national forests open for logging; FSC extends suspension of Asia Pulp & Paper; Canada invests in several Kamloops-based forestry initiatives; and BC takes action to improve wildfire resiliency.
Finally, together with the Western Canada SFI Implementation Committee, we bring you our third annual Wildfire Resilience and Awareness Week. A series of stories focused on wildfire mitigation and best practices complemented by a Wildfire Resource Page.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor