Sen. Baldwin seeks aid for Wisconsin hardwood industry hurt by tariffs

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is asking the Agriculture Department to help Wisconsin’s hardwood industry that she says has been hit hard by retaliatory tariffs from China. “Wisconsin’s hardwood industry is facing severe challenges from the retaliatory tariffs China has placed on American hardwoods as part of the ongoing trade wars,” Baldwin wrote in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday. “Because of the retaliatory tariffs, our hardwood businesses have faced dramatic losses...