Aluminum tariffs the latest in U.S. protectionist squeeze that has caught B.C. business

For B.C.’s forestry sector, the latest round of American protectionist trade sanctions against steel and aluminum means getting to welcome a new group of targeted business to a club they wish they didn’t want.
“I don’t think it’s helpful at all to have more sectors of the economy hit by protectionist tariffs,” said Susan Yurkovich, president of the B.C. Lumber Trade Council, the province’s key lobbying group for trade issues.
While the U.S. tariffs on fo