Homebuilder stocks plunged Monday following reports that the U.S. is preparing to sharply increase tariffs on Canadian lumber, independent of President Donald Trump‘s new “reciprocal” tariffs. The U.S ...

Customers push shopping carts filled with supplies at a Costco store in Novato, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Five years after the global shortages of toilet paper at the start ...

A proposed 25% tariff on Canadian lumber, set to take effect in April 2025, could drive up costs for homebuilders and nonprofits like Green Country Habitat for Humanity, potentially reducing the ...

Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building ...

Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You’ll be paying more to do so. The Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China — some ...

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STILL IN THE RED. SO HERE’S AN OVERVIEW OF THE TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENTS THE PRESIDENT MADE TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL DOUBLE THE TARIFFS PLAN FOR CANADIAN ALUMINUM AND STEEL. THIS WOULD BRING THE ...

Analysts expect tariffs to significantly increase the cost of building U.S. houses, reducing sales and demand for wood. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Canadian lumber has been left out of Trump's tariff blitz, ...

OTTAWA--The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it agreed to nearly triple the current anti-dumping levies on Canadian softwood lumber to more than 20%. The decision, telegraphed back in March, comes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee and Adam Taylor, University of Tennessee (THE ...