Building on the government’s strategic investments and actions to-date through Ontario’s Forest Sector Strategy, the roadmap responds to new unprecedented trade pressures facing the sector today by increasing the forest industry’s competitive advantage and unlocking new markets to maintain Ontario’s position as a G7 leader in making and selling wood products.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration updated its National Emphasis Program on heat hazards that targets 55 high-risk industries, including sawmills, and furniture related product manufacturing.

U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a bill to exclude homebuilding materials from Donald Trump’s tariffs that the senators say will help lower home construction costs.

On November 7, 2025, MasterBrand and American Woodmark each received a Request for Additional Information and Documentary Material (the “Second Request”) from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) in connection with the merger between the companies.

Wellmade Performance Flooring was raided by federal law enforcement on suspicion of labor trafficking, freeing dozens of workers forced into “labor servitude.” The Aug. 13 story was the most-read story from August 13 to September 13.

The new tariffs came into effect on Aug. 6, 2025, with an exemption for product that was loaded onto its final vessel by Aug. 6, 2025 and enters the United States by Oct. 5, 2025.

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced legislation June 5 to allow consumers to claim a tax credit for purchasing solid American hardwood products for their homes.

U.S. Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the Solid American Hardwood Tax Credit Act to allow individual taxpayers to include solid American manufactured hardwood products, such as flooring and paneling, as qualified home energy efficiency improvements under the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit.

Stanley Black & Decker reportedly settled a patent dispute it had with Norway-based Viking Arm involving Viking Arm’s construction jack patents and Stanley Black & Decker’s Stanley Fatmax Tradelift, DeWalt Construction Jack and Irwin Quick-Lift. As part of the settlement, Stanley Black & Decker reportedly has signed a license agreement with Viking Arm.

The Missouri General Assembly has introduced legislation that its backers believe will "combat misleading or deceptive practices related to the wood industry.