U.S. Lumber Coalition Applauds President Trump’s Additional Measures to Investigate Unfair Trade Practices
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U.S. Lumber Coalition Applauds President Trump’s Additional Measures to Investigate Unfair Trade Practices
Washington, D.C., March 2, 2025 – President Trump has ordered an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the “impact of foreign government subsidies and predatory trade practices.”
“We know that foreign governments such as Canadian federal and provincial governments subsidize the Canadian lumber industry to promote employment and disruptive excess Canadian lumber production that is then dumped into the U.S. market to the detriment of U.S. companies and workers,” stated Andrew Miller, Chair/Owner of Stimson Lumber Company.
“President Trump is absolutely correct in saying that we do not need any unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports,” stated Miller, adding that “the combination of fully enforcing our antidumping and countervailing duty trade laws and this additional enforcement step against unfair trade taken by President Trump will accelerate addressing the harmful effects of foreign unfair trade practices in lumber. Thank you President Trump!” concluded Miller.
U.S. lumber community voices on President Trump’s trade law enforcement and the positive impacts on U.S. manufacturing:
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1061381685
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1058769283
About the U.S. Lumber Coalition
The U.S. Lumber Coalition is an alliance of large and small softwood lumber producers from around the country, joined by their employees and woodland owners, working to address Canada’s unfair lumber trade practices. Our goal is to serve as the voice of the American lumber community and effectively address Canada’s unfair softwood lumber trade practices. The Coalition supports the full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws to allow the U.S. industry to invest and grow to its natural size without being impaired by unfairly traded imports. Continued full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws will strengthen domestic supply lines by maximizing long-term domestic production and lumber availability produced by U.S. workers to build U.S. homes. For more information, please visit the Coalition’s website at www.uslumbercoalition.org.
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