US wood products industry groups have seen a dramatic negative impact on business since the start of the trade dispute with China.  This month the International Wood Products Association and its member Nathan Jeppson, CEO of Northwest Hardwoods – one of the US’s largest hardwood suppliers, met with the Office of the US Trade Representative, the US Department of Commerce and the National Economic Council to share their concerns about the costs to US industry of the trade dispute.  The Washington-based company, Northwest Hardwoods, announced that it was forced to shut down both a Virginia ...