Copper Tariffs: A Risky Gamble for U.S. Industry

Why Markets Went Crazy Over 50% Copper Tariffs

On today’s Big Take podcast: What Trump’s 50% copper tariffs could mean for consumer electronics, cars and the US military.

Copper Tariffs: A Risky Gamble for U.S. Industry

The mainstream news media has already figured out that the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on imported copper of 50 percent would dramatically hike copper prices for American industry and raise the price of products containing copper for consumers, which is just about everything electrical. The reason is simple; The United States is a net importer of 45 percent of its copper needs according the U.S. Geological Survey. All right, you may …

The trouble with copper tariffs

Tariffs on copper imported into the United States will not result in self-sufficiency for the country anytime soon, if ever.

Copper Tariffs Won’t Bring Back US Manufacturing

The administration’s incoherent approach to trade policy is making it harder for the US to have a modern industrial economy.

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"The copper tariffs seem to be designed to spur domestic American production of copper — but there is no way that the US can meet its own demands for copper with its own production.