President Trump plans to impose 20% tariff on Canadian soft lumber

[basquebromance]

he's playin hardball!

Donald Trump Just Announced He's Going To Impose A BIG Tariff On Canada Over This

 

[xotoxi]

In other news...

PRESIDENT TRUMP INCREASES THE COST OF NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION BY 20%

 

[basquebromance]

"Canada has made business for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other border states very difficult. We will not stand for this. Watch!" - Trump

 

[Marion Morrison]

In other news...

PRESIDENT TRUMP INCREASES THE COST OF NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION BY 20%

Any contractor that uses soft wood for new home construction is a crook. That should not be allowed.

 

[xotoxi]

In other news...

PRESIDENT TRUMP INCREASES THE COST OF NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION BY 20%

Any contractor that uses soft wood for new home construction is a crook. That should not be allowed.

Any contractor that frames out a house with oak instead of pine is a crook.

 

[OldLady]

In other news...

PRESIDENT TRUMP INCREASES THE COST OF NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION BY 20%

Any contractor that uses soft wood for new home construction is a crook. That should not be allowed.

I thought they all used pine? Isn't that a soft wood?

 

[OldLady]

"Canada has made business for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other border states very difficult. We will not stand for this. Watch!" - Trump

In Maine we've been watching Canada suck up our fish processing industry and our potatoes. They can suck the business to the other side of the border because of friendlier business practices. I hope this tariff will be able to trigger more lumbering on this side of the border. It has gone way down due to the close of so many paper mills recently.

 

[Marion Morrison]

In other news...

PRESIDENT TRUMP INCREASES THE COST OF NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION BY 20%

Any contractor that uses soft wood for new home construction is a crook. That should not be allowed.

I thought they all used pine? Isn't that a soft wood?

Some is, some isn't. The soft stuff is generally used for paper.


Pine Wood: An Overall Guide | The Wood Database

 

[frigidweirdo]

he's playin hardball!

Donald Trump Just Announced He's Going To Impose A BIG Tariff On Canada Over This

Watch him realize (again) that he was wrong (again) and then change his mind (again).

 

[OldLady]

he's playin hardball!

Donald Trump Just Announced He's Going To Impose A BIG Tariff On Canada Over This

Watch him realize (again) that he was wrong (again) and then change his mind (again).

I'm sure the guy realizes that in the short run, prices will go up, but that in the long run, it will trigger growth in the timber industry here. Even I get that, and I don't understand economics at all.

 

[basquebromance]

Krauthammer on Trump: 'It's About Time We Hit Canada'

 

[Syriusly]

Krauthammer on Trump: 'It's About Time We Hit Canada'

About time we invaded Canada.

Damn those polite Canadians and their soft wood!

 

[xotoxi]

Krauthammer on Trump: 'It's About Time We Hit Canada'

About time we invaded Canada.

Damn those polite Canadians and their soft wood!

... and their handsome, articulate Prime Minister. They are just trying to show us up.

 

[Toro]

"Canada has made business for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other border states very difficult. We will not stand for this. Watch!" - Trump

In Maine we've been watching Canada suck up our fish processing industry and our potatoes. They can suck the business to the other side of the border because of friendlier business practices. I hope this tariff will be able to trigger more lumbering on this side of the border. It has gone way down due to the close of so many paper mills recently.

Maine should become more pro-business, then.

Many if not most of the mills in Canada have closed over the past 30 years, too.

 

[Toro]

Krauthammer on Trump: 'It's About Time We Hit Canada'

Hurray for higher taxes and home costs!

 

[Toro]

he's playin hardball!

Donald Trump Just Announced He's Going To Impose A BIG Tariff On Canada Over This

Watch him realize (again) that he was wrong (again) and then change his mind (again).

I'm sure the guy realizes that in the short run, prices will go up, but that in the long run, it will trigger growth in the timber industry here. Even I get that, and I don't understand economics at all.

It doesn't.

And I have a degree in economics.