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>Policy bankrupts large swaths of the logging industry.

Just speculating here but it's probably the big guys / Multi National lobbying the US Gov for tariffs knowing full well they can can manage since they have assets on both sides of the border and drive the Independents and little guys out of business causing more consolidation and getting rid of any potential competition. It's the same as the Rich advocating for higher taxes, trying to keep less people from getting rich. I know a few guys in the Oil/Blending business and they are under constant assault from the Majors who keep advocating for more and more regulations hoping to bankrupt the smaller players and consolidating their grip on the Industry. You can't take anything anymore at face value, there is always an angle.