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Trump Announces 50% Copper Tariff, Prices Hit Record High

  • #Economic conditions & trends
  • #Mining
  • #United States of America
Trump Announces 50% Copper Tariff, Prices Hit Record High
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8 hrs ago
Above: Copper coils inside a motor are displayed at the Nidec Corp. Qingdao Industrial Park in Qingdao, China, on July 9, 2025. Image copyright: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images
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The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

Trump's 50% copper tariff embodies his America First vision of industrial resurrection. By making foreign copper prohibitively expensive, he aims to revive domestic mining, rebuild critical supply chains, and restore American self-sufficiency in essential materials. The policy seeks to transform economic dependence into industrial sovereignty, forcing companies to source this vital infrastructure metal from American soil.

Mining TechnologyFOX News

Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's copper tariff epitomizes a fatal folly of protectionism. While promising domestic revival, it immediately burdens U.S. manufacturers and consumers with inflated costs for essential infrastructure needs. With domestic production requiring decades to scale and smelting capacity critically limited, this policy creates artificial scarcity, undermines competitiveness, and transforms necessary industrial inputs into luxury commodities.

CNBCThe Sydney Morning Herald

Metaculus Prediction


Public Figures

Donald Trump

Howard Lutnick


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