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Decorative Hardwoods Association® (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XI, Issue XV: USTR Conducts Hearings On U.S.-China Trade Dispute | China Cheats At A Rigged Economic Game | Hardwood Federation Addresses China's Tariffs On Lumber, Logs | China Transforms Its Wood Panel Industry | Hardwood Plywood Imports Surge

If you're in Atlanta for the International Woodworking Fair, stop by to see the Decorative Hardwoods Association® and HPVA Laboratories® team at booth 28! The closest entrance to our booth is the middle entrance of GWCC building C, right on Northside Drive.

International Woodworking Fair:

Wednesday, August 22 - Friday, August 24
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday, August 25
8:30 am - 1:00 pm

A variety of wood-related companies testified at the U.S. Trade Representative Section 301 hearings this week regarding proposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese products. Those who testified include Masterbrand as well as a panel with Liberty Furniture, The Wooster Brush Company, Patriot Timber Products, Four Hands, Cascade Wood Products, Linyi Bomei Furniture Co, Alta Forest Products, and the China National Forest Products Industry Association.

This month, acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler confirmed that the EPA will be examining the science underlying its assessment of formaldehyde. For more information on formaldehyde and formaldehyde regulations, see the Decorative Hardwoods Association® website.

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Hardwood lumber exports to China have been severely impacted by China's new tariffs. The Hardwood Federation voices its concerns as the hardwood plywood and engineered flooring industry are embroiled in circumvention challenges of their orders.

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