Trump order calls for immediate expansion of timber production

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The forestry industry is not at its first rodeo: it is preparing to enter the sixth chapter of the trade dispute on wood.

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Trump takes actions to increase lumber supplies, curb wood import

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security. The U.S. president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber

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Trump moves to boost US timber supply and reduce construction costs

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security.The U.S. president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber and possibly lower housing and construction costs. The goal is to streamline the permitting process by salvaging more w…

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Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests

President Trump has promised to “drill, baby, drill.” Now, he also wants to log. On Saturday, Mr. Trump directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up timber production across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands. The move appears aimed at increasing domestic supply as the president considers tariffs on timber imports from Canada, Germany, …

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Trump order calls for immediate expansion of timber production

Amid Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, the president signed two executive orders Saturday that call for the expansion of timber production even for projects that might harm endangered species.

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Trump issues executive orders addressing lumber production, national security concerns

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed two executive orders that call for immediately expanding American lumber production and addressing lumber imports' threat to national security.The orders aim to update guidance on production, streamline permitting, and assess possible risks that imports pose to national security. A White House official told Fox News the president identified a crisis in both supply and demand in an industry the U.S. shoul…