lumber

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In other words, even though businesses no longer have to pay the emergency tariffs, they are still getting whacked by sundry other border taxes, including his national-security tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

At first, he was happy to keep the fallen trees from being cut into stumps, turned into mulch or sent to landfills, even if that meant just selling the wood as lumber.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He also raised levies on specific items such as steel, lumber and cars and ended rules that had allowed shipments worth less than $800 to enter the country, among other measures.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The president, for example, has at his disposal Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same tool he used to impose import taxes on steel, aluminum, lumber and furniture.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

So he quit work at the lumber company and opened a diner he named Clive’s.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis