Why the US and Canada are fighting over lumber again #trump #shorts
Bloomberg Televisionยท2025-07-25 08:01
The US and Canada are fighting over lumber again. They've been arguing about Canadian softwood lumber, which comes from fast growing evergreen trees like pine, since the 1980s. It's a big deal.This type of wood is widely used in home construction because it's cheaper, easier to work with, and grows faster than hardwood like oak. The US gets about a quarter of its softwood lumber from Canada, but tensions are heating up. In March, President Trump signed an executive order to boost US lumber production and in ...