Anson, how big a moment is this then, in the metal market that you have covered for a number of years. Of course. It's a very big moment.I think Jill, who was speaking earlier, is absolutely right. This 50% tariff on copper was well telegraphed. Trump's been talking about putting levies on imports of copper since February.He said he wants to bring copper home. Make of that what you will. But the 50% level is what is the surprise here.The market was really pricing in and analysts were broadly expecting a 25% ...

There was a flurry of comments, of course, in Cabinet yesterday from the president and some posts on social media. But moving the markets certainly in the mental space is copper. What does it mean.The 50% threat in tariffs on copper imports into the US for that market. Yes, Tom, this is quite significant. I will point out, first of all, this has been fairly highly telegraphed.We have heard rumblings from Trump in the past about potential tariffs on copper. But I do think this marks, if he goes ahead with tr ...

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