Trump Opens Door to New Metal Levy with Copper Tariff Probe

Bloomberg News

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Trump directed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate the imposition of the new tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to impose import restrictions if an import threatens to undermine the United States' national security.
The Korea Times
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That is the same law Trump used in his first term to impose 25% global tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Newsmax
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The Commerce Department will investigate whether to slap tariffs on imports of copper, the latest manufacturing component — on top of aluminum and steel — to be swept up in the Trump administration's trade crackdown.
Axios
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Trump, in the Oval Office, asked his newly minted secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick, to explain.
Voice Of America

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