President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s imposing a new 50% tariff on all copper imported into the US. However, it’s unclear when the new tariff would take effect. “Today we’re doing copper,” he said at a Cabinet meeting,

Copper prices jumped to all-time highs after President Donald Trump said he was putting a 50% tariff on copper imports. Stocks of copper mining companies also rose.“I believe the tariff on copper, we’re going to make it 50%,

U.S. President Donald Trump broadened his global trade war on Tuesday as he announced a 50% tariff on imported copper and said long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals were coming soon.