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.

    • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I wouldn’t have pointed it out but for this one it made the sentence hard to parse for me