MAINE MORNING STAR • August 4, 2025
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce has been following the Trump administration’s actions on tariffs since the start of the year, said President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Woodcock. Woodcock said Monday that some individual companies and industries are already seeing a “dramatic impact.” In Maine, “our forest products industry is the one that is most affected with these specific industry, sector-level tariffs,” Woodcock said. The state imports 2.3 million tons of wood products annually, most of which comes from Canada. Prices for softwood lumber were nearly 17% higher than they were a year ago. On Thursday — one day before the deadline Trump set for reaching trade agreements with dozens of countries — he issued an executive order raising the tariff rate on goods imported from Canada to 35%.