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B.C., Ottawa Sign 5-Year Wood-Construction MOU With China During Carney Visit

The non-binding pact signals a push toward higher-value mass timber in a market that already ranks third for Canadian wood.

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Overview

  • British Columbia’s Forests Ministry and Natural Resources Canada agreed with China’s housing ministry to promote modern wood building.
  • Cooperation includes joint research, exchanges and promotion of tall wood and mass timber, integration into urban renewal and rural revitalization, and development of a wood-construction industrial chain.
  • The deal is among the first announced during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Beijing, the first by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years.
  • B.C. officials frame the move as part of diversifying away from U.S. tariffs that have weighed on the province’s forestry exports.
  • A University of British Columbia scholar describes the MOU as a pragmatic step to rebuild trade ties and expand opportunities for processed lumber in China.