Following the US administration’s announcement to impose US tariffs of 25% on all aluminium and steel imports the EU launched a consultation in March on possible retaliatory tariffs. A very large range of US forest products were included in the initial list of products pencilled in for retaliatory EU tariffs. Several EU forest products trade and industry groups provided input into the EU consultation asking that these products be removed from the list to discourage any imminent trade war between the US and EU from spilling over into the forest products sector. On 2 April, the US President ...