American Forest & Paper Association CEO Heidi Brock on Canada and Mexico Tariff Announcements
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President Donald Trump announced tariffs against Canada and Mexico, with a 25% tax on imports from the two neighboring countries effective immediately. Canada has declared that they will pursue retaliatory tariffs.
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement following President Trump’s announcement highlighting her organization’s position on the tariffs and the important economic relationship between Canada, Mexico, and the United States:
“While we recognize the Administration’s goals of securing our borders, AF&PA remains concerned that today’s new North American tariffs have potential to seriously disrupt our industry’s complex, cross-border supply chains. These manufacturing processes have been built and refined with the customer in mind around existing mill infrastructure for decades.
“The U.S. forest products industry employs more than 925,000 people, largely in rural communities across the country. We rely on Canada and Mexico as key trading partners and strongly encourage them to continue addressing concerns raised by the U.S. government.
“We look forward to continued conversations with the Administration to highlight our industry’s contributions to the American economy and workforce in an effort to avoid longer term disruption to U.S. pulp, paper and packaging manufacturing operations."
