ASSOCIATED PRESS • March 1, 2025
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security. The U.S. president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber. The goal is to streamline the permitting process by salvaging more wood from forests. Trump told reporters on Feb. 19 while aboard Air Force One that he was considering a 25% tariff on lumber imports.