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Lumber Duties Fail to Stop Price Slump as Housing Demand Falters

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Ilena Peng

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September 19, 2025

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Bloomberg

When the Trump administration more than doubled import fees on Canadian softwood lumber earlier this year, the goal was to support domestic prices and boost US production. Instead, prices have plunged, and mills on both sides of the border are scaling back.

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