Originally Posted by tut
Someone explain this tarrif on Canada. My buddy runs a small lumber business and gets most of his lumber from Canada because that's what his custom builders want. Yes, it costs more then US lumber, but less warping and less knots, more consistent. He said this tarrif is going to drive up prices a lot and he has no choice but to pass it on.

He has been in the lumber business for 35 years fwiw.

Not a tariff on Canada. It is a tarriff on goods imported from Canada paid by the importer to the US government.
Your buddy explained it correctly; the customer unlimitedly pays it because he has to pass on the price increase.

Last edited by Beccaccia28; 02/02/25 10:05 AM.
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