The Trump administration plans to almost double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 27%, with the possibility of additional levies pushing the rate to more than 50%. While Trump advocates for new tariffs partly to bolster U.S. manufacturing, they may also hit the availability of northern bleached softwood kraft pulp, or NBSK, a key component in making toilet paper and paper towels.
Nah, pinch off the supply ASAP. Maybe it’ll make them finally colon their reps to return to a state of nearer sanity.
We really are just living in some alien race’s reality television show, aren’t we?