Trump Opens Door to New Metal Levy With Copper Tariff Probe

A workers handles copper plates in a copper electrolysis plant in Longyan, China.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive action directing the Commerce Department to examine possible copper tariffs, the latest in a string of measures aimed at imposing sector-specific levies that could reshape global supply chains.

Trump said the order would have a “big impact” as he signed it in the Oval Office, joined by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.