China retaliates with 84% tariffs on US as trade tensions intensify, stock markets plunge, supply chains are strained, and more tariff announcements are coming. In related news: US homebuilders says lumber should be tariff-exempt for national security; the United Steelworkers and Unifor say US countervailing duties are unwarranted; and upping timber supply in the US West will be challenging. In other Business news: Pacific Woodtech and Domtar have a new agreement, Drax fails to secure Mississippi emission permit; and Norway will host the 2025 International Softwood Conference. 

In Forestry/Wildfire news: Trump fast-tracks reviews to ramp-up logging;  ENGOs pan Minister Parmar’s suggestion of wildfire treatments in BC parks; US exits carbon talks on shipping; Colorado faces new mountain pine bark beetle surge; and more firings at Oklahoma Forestry Services.

Finally, on Day 3 of Wildfire Resilience and Awareness Week—stories by Strategic Natural Resource Consultants, and Líl̓wat Forestry Ventures.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor