The Trump administration has changed tariff rates on plywood panels imported from Canada, according to Aftenposten. The Norwegian outlet frames the move as an effort to help the sitting senator from Maine, Susan Collins.
Earlier the same day, Collins said she had been in contact with representatives of the Trump administration and had asked them to bring some of the tariffs down, Aftenposten reports. The tariff adjustment on Canadian plywood came later that day.
The reporting does not specify the size of the rate change or which particular tariff lines were affected. It also does not detail how the change would benefit Maine specifically, beyond the outlet's characterization that it was intended to assist Collins.
The sequence described by Aftenposten places the senator's request and the administration's adjustment on the same day, with Collins' public statement coming first. The outlet presents the two events as connected, linking the plywood tariff revision to her appeal.
Plywood is among the goods traded between Canada and the United States, and tariff rates on such imports are set by the administration. Aftenposten's account does not include comment from the White House or from Collins' office beyond her statement about the conversation with administration representatives.
What to watch next: whether the administration publishes the specific revised rates and whether further tariff adjustments affecting Canadian goods follow.
