Commerce to open probe into copper imports that could spur tariffs

The Commerce Department will launch an investigation into copper imports under Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act that could lead to tariffs, the White House announced on Tuesday. “Like our steel and aluminum industries, our great American copper industry has been decimated by global actors attacking our domestic production,” a White House official told reporters on Tuesday, attributing the quote to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “To build back our copper industry I will investigate the imposition of possible...