U.S. set to significantly hike softwood lumber duties against Canada

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More surprised it took this long for lumber. We've been fighting to get lumber tariffs down for decades.
That said, the US is going to find everything to have to do with wood, especially for building houses, to skyrocket. Even the smaller tariff increase a few years ago added something like 10-20% to all housing projects the same year.
- Didn't the Americans just declare 50% of their national parks fit for logging which is a tragedy in itself but would solve the problem? If they have enough machinery, personell and manufacturing for the steps beyond killing a tree
  
  I haven't heard specifics, but it entirely depends on where it is. A lot of US national parks are literally in the middle of nowhere, so if there isn't any accessible roads to them, the entire idea is pointless. No logging company will make the trip offroad since doing so will be most costly than the logging areas they already use.

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