“If you can’t buy it at your local Walmart or Costco, you’re going to be screaming at the government.”

Down the Tubes

With Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports driving up the cost of a key ingredient in American toilet paper, experts say a shortage may well be on the horizon

By Will Pavia

Americans could face shortages of toilet roll and panic buying in supermarkets not seen since the first, nervy days of the pandemic, according to soft but strong warnings from timber and pulp experts.

President Trump’s planned tariffs on Canadian imports, including 27 percent levies on lumber, would raise the price of a type of wood pulp that is a key ingredient in American toilet paper.