NEWS

On October 1, nine presidents and CEOs representing American manufacturers of hardwood plywood, engineered wood flooring and hardwood veneer asked President Trump to add our industry’s products to the recently announced Section 232 tariffs on wood products. Over 100,000 American manufacturing jobs are threatened by the flood of dumped and subsidized decorative hardwood product imports from outside of North America.

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Capital Testing, industry experts in testing and certification, would like your feedback: are you interested in being certified to the new EU formaldehyde regulation, which will go into effect on August 6, 2026? The regulation sets an emissions limit of 0.062 milligrams per cubic meter (about 0.06 parts per million) for furniture and wood-based articles sold into the EU.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has officially requested public comments on its annual National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. In doing so, the USTR is asking the public to help identify foreign barriers or unfair conditions that affect exports of U.S. goods and services and U.S. foreign direct investment. Comments are due by October 30.

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The Trump administration has published its Unified Regulatory Agenda, which lists the administration's priorities for all regulatory agencies and departments. Priorities include revisiting the 2024 rule that tightened the fine particulate matter standard in the Clean Air Act from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9, a heat illness and prevention rule, and endangered species regulations.