4mo ago

Bloomberg: Trump tariffs on Canada lumber risk pinching toilet paper supply

eu.detroitnews.com /story/business/2025/03/27/trump-tariffs-on-canada-lumber-risk-pinching-toilet-paper-supply/82688732007/

The Trump administration plans to almost double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 27%, with the possibility of additional levies pushing the rate to more than 50%. While Trump advocates for new tariffs partly to bolster U.S. manufacturing, they may also hit the availability of northern bleached softwood kraft pulp, or NBSK, a key component in making toilet paper and paper towels.

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Oh great, now I have to steal eggs and toilet paper??? Make america medieval again.
- Steal toilet paper again*
  
  Pretending your pregnant is hard when convincing people you are having a square baby.
- It's reverse egging and papering.
once again the bidet users reign like clean hole kings
- I will never go back. After installing a bidet, it quickly becomes clear how primitive the use of toilet paper is, at least as a primary means of cleaning.
  Also, whoever snuck “pinch” into this headline got away with murder. I suspect there was much furtive chortling.
  
  I just can't deal with the idea of dirty arse water splashing my balls
- always have been
- And don't forget the reusable butthole towels.
I was getting "December 2019" vibes back in November, so I started stocking up on N95s and toilet paper. This isn't exactly what I was preparing for, but I'm prepared nonetheless.
- Protip: Invest in a cheap bidet attachment for your toilet. You'll be cleaner, suffer less irritation to your sensitive regions, and use much less toilet paper.
  
  I do not get why this has not taken off.. You save so much money not buying so much tp
  
  Every time I hear about someone stock piling toilet paper I can’t help but think how brutally stupid that person must be. Get a fucking bidet. They’re cheap and easy to get and you aren’t blowing a bunch of money and storage space and looking like a jackass at the grocery store.
- So that's when America was great. It all makes sense now.
Well, Americans can always wipe their asses with newspapers like in the old days, and that's pretty much the only thing their press is good for these days anyway.
- Nah, we use old corncobs, just like pappy had done
- There are still several good outlets, and since they're badly needed right now, let's not, well, shit on them.
  
  dual use may increase subscription rates. lets get creative here.
I guess those idiots back in 2020 were just off by a few years.
last year of Trump's previous term we got a toilet paper shortage, so for the sake of continuity...
The tariffs will be lifted in no time.
This is the man who for over a decade has climbed onto his soapbox and complained endlessly about how you have to flush modern toilets 10 times. This is the obese man who subsists off fast food. That man uses a lot of toilet paper.
- Paid for by the government.
- Nah, each cabinet member takes turns licking it clean.
Oh god.
not again.
why is it always the fucking toilet paper.
Canada should absolutely restrain from putting 500% tariffs on toilet paper ... that is, not until USA is really in deep shit 🤣
- Nah, pinch off the supply ASAP. Maybe it'll make them finally colon their reps to return to a state of nearer sanity.
  We really are just living in some alien race's reality television show, aren't we?
shithole, TP USA
Oh shit
About time for the covid hoarders to resupply!
- "Hoarding" was just another example of American media blaming individuals for systemic problems. There are always a few idiots, but what actually happened was a breakdown in supply chains.
  Same thing happens every time it snows. Stores have enough stock for X people to buy TP. When the whole neighborhood decides to stock up at the same time, they run out.

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