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Post says after bad year, West Fraser seen rebounding

2025-12-29 07:40 ET - In the News

The Financial Post reports in its Saturday edition that West Fraser Timber was felled in 2025 by Donald Trump's lumber tariffs, with shares of the company down just under 35 per cent, making it the biggest loser on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2025. The Post's Gigi Suhanic writes that in mid-October, a 10-per-cent duty on global timber imports to the United States came into effect. That was on top of already existing American tariffs of 35 per cent on Canadian lumber. In addition to the 10-per-cent tariff, Mr. Trump also imposed a 25-per-cent levy on wooden cabinet and vanity imports, which is set to rise to 50 per cent in 2026. Despite the tough year, some analysts have hiked their 2026 price targets for West Fraser, including Matthew Mckellar at RBC Capital Markets, who thinks the company's stock price looks attractive and has West Fraser as one of his top picks for 2026.

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