Rolls of copper wires stored at the Nexans manufacturing facility in Lens, northern France, on May 11, 2022. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images
News Analysis
U.S. President Donald Trump said July 8 that he plans to put a 50 percent tariff on copper imports into the United States. With the U.S. market accounting for over half of Canada’s copper exports, the tariffs could have a significant impact on the Canadian copper industry.
