President Donald Trump said he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports on Tuesday, and suggested more steep sector-specific duties are on the way.“Today, we’re doing copper,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

President Donald Trump said a new 50% tariff on all copper imports will come Tuesday. However, he did not specify when the new tariff would take effect.

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.