US Lumber Coalition Questions the National Association of Homebuilders Advocating for Unfairly Traded Canadian Lumber Imports

By the US Lumber Coalition
PR Newswire
August 13, 2025
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

The National Association of Homebuilders has a long-standing policy priority of advocating for Canadian softwood lumber imports. …”NAHB’s unyielding support, which benefits from dozens of unfair subsidies and dumps its product at the direct expense of US softwood lumber producers and workers raises questions regarding the organization’s motivation. Past NAHB statements would seem to endorse the market disrupting and price suppressing effects of unfair trade. Considering the long-term detrimental impact on U.S. softwood lumber production, and the resulting negative impacts on our country’s overall lumber supply, it seems like a very short-sighted policy priority,” stated Zoltan van Heyningen. He added, “in order to advocate for the Canadian softwood lumber industry and Canadian workers, NAHB seems willing to knowingly peddle unfounded scare tactics and claims as it fights against President Trump’s America First trade law enforcement priorities.” …”The Canadian industry are more than happy to parrot NAHB’s misleading and false claims.”

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