Hardwood Floors December 2025/January 2026

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

International trade and tariff policy continue to dominate the air space in Washington, D.C. well into 2025. President Trump campaigned on a platform promising heavy use of tariffs as leverage in forging trade deals with our trading partners around the world and he has been good to his word in the first year of his second term. The Hardwood Federation team has been busy all year on a number of fronts in the trade and tariff space, from developing and submitting comments on trade investigations to raising awareness among members of Congress and the administration about the need for sector specific relief from retaliatory trade practices.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: On October 30, 2025, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a framework trade deal between the two countries that will, among other things, result in China resuming purchase of U.S. hardwood logs and other agricultural products. At press time, full details of the agreement had not yet been released and are not reflected in the article.

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