
About this episode
Last week, President Trump sent markets into a tizzy, when he proposed tariffs on one of the world’s most valuable commodities: Copper.
On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s economic statecraft reporter Joe Deaux joins host David Gura to discuss the president’s ongoing push to bring copper manufacturing back to the US. Why 50% levies on copper could affect everything from your car and iPhone to the nation’s electrical grid, and what the copper industry is doing to get ahead.
Read more:
Trump’s 50% Copper Import Tariff Said to Include Refined Metal
Once-in-a-Generation Copper Trade Upends a $250 Billion Market
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