The fires that ripped through Los Angeles last month destroyed at least 16,000 structures and many of those homes and office buildings will require wood or wood products to rebuild. …The United States market that for decades has been the bread-and-butter business driver of the West Fraser/Canfor lumber giants of the province will become a lot less certain if President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on exports of most things, including lumber, from Canada to the U.S. …Kim Haakstad, chief executive officer of BC Council of Forest Industries said Prince George, with its pulpmills and sawmills and thousands of workers connected to the forest industry would be one of the hardest hit communities in the province if the tariff is applied after the 30-day pause Trump announced on Monday. …Haakstad said Trump’s threat has far-reaching implications that would be crippling, not just those in the forest industry.
Additional coverage by Ted Clarke at the Prince George Citizen: Brink Forest Products in Prince George could be hard hit by Trump’s tariffs