Metals Prices, Other Than Stainless, Swing Wildly As Tariffs Churn Commodities Markets

Aluminum and copper prices reached record or near-record highs in the US in July as President Trump continued to roil markets with tariff announcements. On July 10, he threatened to raise tariffs on all copper imports into the US to 50%, causing the one-month contract on New York’s Comex commodities exchange to surge 13% in…