Earlier this week, President Donald Trump sent ripples across the commodities sector with the announcement that he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports. According to a CNBC report, Trump implied that additional sector-specific levies would be just over the horizon.

An indicator of copper import demand in top consumer China jumped 38% on Wednesday, suggesting robust appetite for the metal, after U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for a 50% import tariff drove down benchmark prices in London.

President Donald Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting Tuesday that more trade deals are on the way, especially in the form of letters setting rates unilaterally by the U.S. “The deals are mostly my deal to them,

Trump's threat of 200% tariff on pharmaceutical products could have severe implications on Indian drugmakers, as exports to the US form a significant share of their overall sales.

President Donald Trump said he will announce a 50% tariff on imported copper on Tuesday, an effort to boost U.S. production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, the power grid and many consumer goods.

Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement.

Donald Trump has revived his threat to hit major trading partners with steep “reciprocal” tariffs even as he granted a three-week reprieve for countries to negotiate trade deals with the US.