Trump Says He’ll Set 50% Copper Tariff, Wait Year on Drug Levies

Mihaela Păun

President Donald Trump said he planned to implement a 50% duty on copper imports as part of a set of looming sectoral tariffs, while also indicating he could offer pharmaceutical manufacturers at least a year before applying a crippling 200% tariff on their foreign-made products. Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday he was still planning tariffs on select industries, including drugs, semiconductors, and metals. “I believe the tariff on copper we’re going to make it 50%,”

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