EU plans 25% tariff on $1B worth of U.S. wood products in retaliation

Posted on April 10, 2025   |  

Up to $1 billion in U.S. forest products could face 25% tariffs under a new EU plan targeting a wide range of goods, including wood, food, textiles, and electronics.

The EU’s two-stage tariff rollout begins May 16 and December 1, expanding retaliation against Trump’s blanket 20% tariff now in force.

Recent countermeasures already hit U.S. lumber, plywood, veneer, chipboard, and paper, with phased tariffs beginning April 1 and April 13.

The EU plans to reinstate 2018 and 2020 tariffs covering over $8 billion in U.S. trade as part of its “strong and proportionate” response.

Europe is the U.S.’s fourth-largest export market, trailing China, the UK, and Canada, with growing demand for high-value oak logs.

In 2023, the U.S. secured a 3-year derogation to boost exports of premium oak logs to the EU, now at risk under the new tariff wave.