Canada to redirect 10% lumber exports as US tariffs take effect

Canada’s forestry industry plans to divert a portion of its lumber exports from the United States to new international markets, including the UK, the EU and the Middle East, following the US government’s latest tariffs on softwood imports. The Canadian industry aims to reroute roughly 10 per cent of the lumber normally sent south, equivalent to about 1 billion board feet. That volume would be enough to build at least 75,000 average-size American homes. The move highlights how US trade measures are affecting global supply chains in the forestry sector, where tensions over wood exports ...