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Why did copper escape US tariffs when aluminium did not?
A U.S. decision last week to exempt refined copper metal from import duties is in contrast to an earlier move to levy steep ...
Trump puts 50% tariffs on Brazil and copper, eliminates a tax loophole and hints at new deals
President Donald Trump signed executive actions on Wednesday imposing a 50% tariff on Brazil, a 50% tariff on certain copper ...
Trump's 50% copper tariff includes a major exemption. That won't halt price rises
Raw copper materials will not face the high duty that had been expected, but consumer goods prices may still be impacted.
Trump issues blitz of tariff announcements on copper, Brazil, South Korea, small-value imports
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a blitz of tariff announcements ranging from changes to previously threatened ...
US copper tariffs risk widening China’s lead in metals processing, executives warn
But Kathleen Quirk, president and chief executive of US copper producer Freeport McMoran, said in an earnings call in July that it was “not a given that you can bring on refined copper [capacity] very ...
Traders rushed to stockpile copper before Trump's tariffs. Now they're stuck with a lot of it.
Copper traders were caught flat-footed after refined copper was exempted from Trump's new tariffs. The exemption triggered a ...
Goldman Told Clients to Go Long Copper a Day Before Price Plunge
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s salespeople were recommending their hedge fund clients bet on a surge in US copper prices just a ...
Comex Copper Plunges As Trump's Tariff Excludes Refined Metal
Comex copper plunged over 19% in minutes after Trump excluded refined metal from his planned import tariff - the largest ...