Donald Trump, Copper
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US President Donald Trump has announced that all imports from Canada will have a 35% tariff as of August 1. He sent a letter to the country’s president, Mark Carney, informing him of the new rate, which has also been posted on his Truth Social account.
Copper shipments into the United States are expected to accelerate in the coming weeks in a final scramble to get metal across the border before U.S. President Donald Trump's higher than expected 50% tariff on imported copper takes effect.
The dollar rose and Commerzbank said since Trump is announcing the tariffs in increments, the market seemed to be coping better than it did in April—when steep levies were unveiled at once.
President Donald Trump threatened to double the baseline universal tariff to 20%, citing record stock gains to dispel fears that such a move would hammer the global economy. Even as financial markets barely budged on the news,
Price increases could hit coffee, shoes, appliances and other products as a result of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs in recent days, analysts told ABC News.