9 h. ago Trump’s 50% Copper Tariffs Jolt US Market as Buyers Slash Imports and Delay Orders

Donald Trump’s moves to slap tariffs on US copper imports set off a global race for traders to rush cargoes into the country for much of the year. Now that the 50% levy is just weeks away, there are already signs that demand for the metal is drying up from Texas to New Jersey.

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5 d. ago Trump’s 50% Copper Tariff Risks Squeezing American Metal Buyers

US buyers of copper will pay a high price if President Donald Trump pushes ahead with a 50% tariff on refined metal as opposed to products such as wiring, according to producers and analysts.

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5 d. ago ‘We will fight,’ Joly says as Trump vows copper tariffs next month

Industry Minister Melanie Joly spoke in British Columbia to the Vancouver Board of Trade and had strong words in response to the latest tariff threats by the U.S.

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5 d. ago UPDATE – Trump’s copper tariffs threaten more Canadian jobs and industries as trade talks deadline looms

TORONTO, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian National Director of the United Steelworkers union (USW) denounces U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that a 50% tariff on imported copper will take effect on Aug. 1, 2025. “This is yet another escalation in Trump’s trade war that puts Canadian jobs and entire industries at risk,” […]

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5 d. ago Trump’s copper tariffs threaten more Canadian jobs and industries as trade talks deadline looms

TORONTO, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The United Steelworkers union (USW) denounces U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that a 50% tariff on imported copper will take effect on Aug. 1, 2025. “This is yet another escalation in Trump’s trade war that puts Canadian jobs and entire industries at risk,” said Marty Warren, USW National […]

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5 d. ago Canadian mining billionaire says Trump’s ‘intelligent’ copper tariffs will ‘wake people up’

Robert Friedland says domesticating production of the metal is critical to America's national security

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5 d. ago Jesse Kline: Liberals get a crash course in the importance of natural resources

Trump's copper tariffs wouldn't hurt so much if the Grits hadn't wasted billions on failed innovation investments while stifling resource development

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5 d. ago ‘This is worrisome’: Mass layoffs, shutdowns feared as Trump’s copper tariffs loom

U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat is especially cause for concern in Quebec, which harbours Canada's last copper smelting facility

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5 d. ago Trump Says 50% Tariff on Copper Imports to Take Effect August 1

President Donald Trump said the US would begin levying a 50% tariff on copper imports from Aug. 1, confirming a move that will hurt American producers of everything from automobiles to appliances.

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6 d. ago Copper theft is a problem in Canada. Will Trump’s proposed tariffs make it worse?

Anything that drives up the price of copper will mean more theft, but it's long been a problem in Canada and elsewhere

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6 d. ago Canada’s copper trade with the U.S. under threat as Trump dangles tariff on the metal

Canada exported $4.86 billion of copper and copper-based products to the U.S. in 2023

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6 d. ago Canada following ‘very closely’ as Trump vows copper, pharma tariffs: Joly

When asked about the copper tariffs, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said she had not yet seen any executive order on the proposed levies.

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6 d. ago Trump Unleashes Turmoil in Copper Markets With 50% Tariff Plan

US President Donald Trump sowed chaos in metals markets with news of a higher-than-expected 50% tariff on copper imports that prompted a surge in US futures and a dip in the international benchmark.

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6 d. ago Copper Market in Turmoil as Trump Touts 50% Tariff on US Imports

US President Donald Trump sowed fresh chaos in metals markets with news of a higher-than-expected 50% tariff on copper imports, spurring a record spike in US futures and a drop in the global benchmark.

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6 d. ago B.C. outside of crosshairs of Trump's next tariff target: copper

B.C. produces more than half of Canada's copper output, but the vast majority is exported to refiners in Asia.

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6 d. ago US Copper Prices Surge to Record as Trump Calls for 50% Tariff

Copper futures in New York surged after US President Donald Trump said he planned to implement a 50% tariff on imports of the commodity, a move that’s likely to spark massive supply-chain ripples through global metal markets.

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7 d. ago Trump Says He’ll Set 50% Copper Tariff, Wait Year on Drug Levies

President Donald Trump said he planned to implement a 50% duty on copper imports as part of a set of looming sectoral tariffs, while also indicating he could offer pharmaceutical manufacturers at least a year before applying a crippling 200% tariff on their foreign-made products.

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7 d. ago Trump says he will hit copper imports with 50 per cent tariffs

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports — but isn’t saying yet when it will take effect. Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting that “today we’re doing copper” but the president was not scheduled to sign any executive orders today to implement the […]

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7 d. ago Trump to hit Canadian copper with drastic 50% tariff, clobbering massive export market

Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting that 'today we’re doing copper'

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