President Donald Trump intends to impose tariffs on copper imports, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who said that Trump’s trade policy plan for industrial metals—including aluminum and steel—is to build a strong domestic production capability as part of his vision for a “great, great America.”
Lutnick told Fox News on March 12 that nothing will stop Trump’s expanded 25 percent tariffs on aluminum and steel, which the commerce secretary said must be made in the United States for national security reasons, along with semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.
“We can’t be in a war and rely on steel and aluminum from some other country. I mean, it’s just not reasonable,” Lutnick said. “So the president wants steel and aluminum in America, and let me be clear, nothing is going to stop that until we’ve got a big, strong domestic steel and aluminum capability. And by the way, he’s going to add copper to that mix too.”...
