NEWS

The U.S.-Mexico agreement incorporates new rules of origin for cars and car parts, raising the required U.S. and Mexico content needed to receive duty-free treatment. Talks with Canada continue. See the USTR fact sheets below for more details on manufacturing, agriculture, and modernization.

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President Trump claims that additional tariffs of $200 billion on Chinese products will take effect this week. Expect the Chinese government to retaliate with counter-duties on U.S. log, lumber, and panel exports to China.

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Fordaq: 25% US tariffs on wide range of Chinese wood products could start Friday 7th Sept

Decorative Hardwoods Association® (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XI, Issue XV: USTR Conducts Hearings On U.S.-China Trade Dispute | China Cheats At A Rigged Economic Game | Hardwood Federation Addresses China's Tariffs On Lumber, Logs | China Transforms Its Wood Panel Industry | Hardwood Plywood Imports Surge

If you're in Atlanta for the International Woodworking Fair, stop by to see the Decorative Hardwoods Association® and HPVA Laboratories® team at booth 28! The closest entrance to our booth is the middle entrance of GWCC building C, right on Northside Drive.

International Woodworking Fair:

Wednesday, August 22 - Friday, August 24
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday, August 25
8:30 am - 1:00 pm

A variety of wood-related companies testified at the U.S. Trade Representative Section 301 hearings this week regarding proposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese products. Those who testified include Masterbrand as well as a panel with Liberty Furniture, The Wooster Brush Company, Patriot Timber Products, Four Hands, Cascade Wood Products, Linyi Bomei Furniture Co, Alta Forest Products, and the China National Forest Products Industry Association.