U.S. timber and building materials companies oppose Donald Trump’s trade war

The North American Building Materials Distributors Association (NBMDA) issued a statement opposing the tariffs. The statement reads, “With the Trump Administration’s recent actions to impose tariffs, the North American building materials supply chain is facing significant disruption and uncertainty at a critical time. As a community, we oppose the proposed new tariffs on building materials . ” The NBMDA said tariffs on building materials would lead to inflationary pricing, which would be a burden on retailers and end consumers. As a “critical link in the building materials supply chain,” distributors face a significant risk of building up expensive inventories to ...