Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada will “fight against” a proposed 50 percent tariff on all copper imports coming into the United States.
The new tariff, announced July 9 by U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to take effect on Aug. 1, potentially having a considerable negative impact on Canadian copper producers, as over half of Canada’s copper exports go to the United States, according to the last available trade figures.
“We’ll fight against it. Period,” said Joly, who made the comments on the sidelines of a July 10 meeting with the Vancouver Board of Trade, though declining to give details on what Ottawa’s response to a copper tariff will be. …