US President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping new round of tariffs targeting imported furniture and wood products, a move he says is designed to revive America’s struggling domestic manufacturing base.

Beginning on 14 October, imports of softwood timber and lumber will face a 10% duty, while kitchen cabinets, vanities, and upholstered wooden products will be subject to a 25% levy. These measures will be further tightened in January, when tariffs on finished wood products are set to rise sharply.

‘Make Carolina GREAT again’

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump singled out North Carolina, once a hub of America’s furniture industry, claiming the state had “completely lost its furniture business to China and other countries". He wrote, “To make North Carolina GREAT again, I wi

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