India, July 31 -- President Donald Trump has signed a Proclamation to address the effects of copper imports on America's national security, including by imposing tariffs on several categories of copper imports.
The Proclamation imposes universal 50 percent tariffs on imports of semi-finished copper products such as copper pipes, wires, rods, sheets, and tubes and copper-intensive derivative products such as pipe fittings, cables, connectors, and electrical components, effective August 1.
The copper 232 tariffs apply to the copper content of a product, while non-copper content of a product remains subject to reciprocal tariffs or other applicable duties.
The White House has made it cler that copper 232 tariffs do not stack with auto 232 t...