I bought some cedar recently and was surprised it was cheaper a few weeks ago then it was this winter. There are also tariffs on Canadian lumber. I get a contracts here and there for garden boxes. I use cedar. We'll see what happens to the price.
Not excited for this tariff war. There was an article (bloomberg?) that described the weapons at China's disposal. Since China is a dictatorship, the gov't can make all sorts of red tape / inspections / fees / etc to do business over there. And since this red tape could be hard to track to 'new anti-America' laws, it could be hard to actually finger point. They can put media spin on our products and services.
They also have the ability to sell our debt, but this would also hurt them. Sounds like that might be a last resort.