Tag: Softwood Lumber
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Canada’s forest products sector faces three separate American duty tracks converging inside a single month, with softwood final results due as early as August 12 and 50 per cent Section 338 duties on panel products landing August 19 VANCOUVER, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting There is no single deadline facing Canada’s forest products…
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Canfor and West Fraser reported second quarter losses within a day of each other this week, an Alberta sawmill was condemned, and one producer disclosed the first hard numbers on how the new Section 338 tariffs will hit Canadian wood panels VANCOUVER, July 31, 2026 Two of Canada’s three largest lumber producers reported second quarter…
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The Court of International Trade has sustained Commerce’s replacement for the discredited Cohen’s d test, leaving Canadian softwood margins essentially unchanged and validating a methodology that now reaches every antidumping case in the American system NEW YORK / OTTAWA, July 30, 2026 – The United States Court of International Trade has upheld the Commerce Department’s…
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Ninety-eight forest product lines land on Washington’s new 50 percent tariff list, striking plywood, fibreboard and paper as Canadian mills close and wildfires rage. Industry leaders warn the levies will also raise the cost of American homes. Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Dateline Ottawa, July 23, 2026. OTTAWA. Canada’s beleaguered forest products sector absorbed…
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The new 50 percent duties land on an economy already bruised by a year of trade conflict, while steel, aluminium, autos and softwood lumber remain trapped in a separate limbo the latest measure does nothing to resolve. TORONTO, July 22, 2026 The 50 percent duties President Donald Trump imposed on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian…
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Carney tells premiers Canada will do ‘whatever it takes’ as Washington’s 50 percent tariff salvo pushes the question of retaliation back to the center of the table Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Charlottetown. Filed July 24, 2026. CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, July 24, 2026. Canada will do “whatever it takes” to defend its workers…
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A temporary 10 per cent U.S. import tariff is set to lapse on July 24, but Canadian softwood still carries an effective burden near 35 per cent as the CUSMA review drifts and a December deadline looms. By the Canada Trade Desk | OTTAWA, July 18, 2026 A deadline that changes less than it seems…
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A temporary United States surcharge is set to lapse on July 24 and a long-delayed duty cut still sits unsigned, leaving Canadian softwood producers facing another week of tariff limbo and combined levies near 45 percent at the border. OTTAWA, July 20, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers are heading into a pivotal week with more…
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As Ontario demands Washington scrap softwood tariffs, Canadian producers brace for a United States final duty ruling due in August that would trim combined rates to about 25 percent while a separate national security levy keeps the effective burden near 35 percent. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers head into the final stretch…
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With Washington refusing to extend the continental trade pact and a fresh tariff threat landing over wildfire smoke, Canada’s push to lift sectoral duties looks set to drag past the U.S. midterms. Canada’s campaign to win relief from a thicket of American tariffs entered a more uncertain phase this weekend, as a fresh threat from…