The recent surge in U.S. domestic softwood lumber production highlights a decisive shift in trade dynamics that has fundamentally reshaped the industry landscape. Trade measures implemented to counter unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports have spurred an impressive expansion in U.S. production capacity, ensuring that American workers are increasingly at the helm of supplying the nation’s housing market. Over the past several years, U.S. mills have ramped up their output by adding eight billion board feet of production capacity and generating an additional 30 billion board feet of softwood lumber.