The fact that China has imposed tariffs on American hardwood products imports has sounded the alarm for the US timber industry. At the moment, one-third of the lumber produced at sawmills in the United States are being exported to the Chinese market. Thus, the Sino-US trade war is a major challenge for the American sawmill industry.  The uncertainty of Sino-US relations has increased the pressure on the entire industry. What is even more difficult is that the increase in tariffs coincides with the Chinese economic slowdown. For a long time, exports to China ...