Since taking office in January, Trump has announced sweeping duties that could hit both allies and adversaries while also targeting sectors like steel and aluminum -- moves that may reshape global supply chains.
Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order tasking his commerce secretary with studying copper imports in order to end unfair trade.
“Our great American copper industry has been decimated by global actors attacking our domestic production,“ said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in a statement.
The world’s biggest economy has been increasingly dependent on copper imports to meet domestic consumption needs.
Lutnick said Tuesday: “It’s time for copper to come home.”
The probe will take place under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, the same tool used to justify steep tariff hikes on steel and aluminum imports previously.
These investigations can take months and do not necessarily result in action, though US officials said Lutnick would move quickly, “in Trump time.”
While the United States sits on ample copper reserves, it lacks smelting and refining capacity, the official added.
Besides tariffs aimed at specific sectors, Trump has also announced and paused sharp tariff hikes on major trading partners Canada and Mexico.
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