The flurry of US trade actions against Canadian companies—most recently on solar panels—highlights how “the trade war with Canada has already started” (Bloomberg), and the rhetoric is rising on the eve of Davos, says Robert Fife in the Globe and Mail.

Other trade headlines include: BC’s trade delegation is wooing China; softwood duties are a real pain in [BC’s] behind; West Fraser is weathering the trade war well; Newfoundand’s last paper mill is threatened; and FPAC expresses support for the TTP.

In Forestry news: professional reliance is questionned in BC; lumberjacks & jills compete at McGill; fire risk funding is available in Colorado; the Forest Service receives kudos in Montana; and there is hope for Vermont’s forest products industry.

Finally, Turkish Airlines bolsters its sustainability credentials with FSC-based inflight toys and a Virginia chainsaw sculptor creates castles from trees (and the pictures are worth a look).

— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor