West Virginia hardwood businesses and hundreds across the country are urging the Trump administration to provide direct tariff relief for the industry if the president does it for farmers – something that did not happen when they were caught up in the impact of a 2018 trade war. Prior to that, hardwoods were the second most imported product to China behind soy beans. Now new tariffs and trade wars are hitting. “We ask that the hardwood industry be considered in that relief as well because forestry, in our opinion, is a part of agriculture – just a longer term crop rotation,” said.West Virginia Forestry Association Executive Director Bob Boyles