Trump hits 50% tariffs on copper

特朗普将铜关税提高至50%

Business Matters

2025-07-09

49 分钟
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The US President Donald Trump has announced a 50% tariff on imports of copper, which is critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, semiconductors and a wide range of consumer goods. Sam Fenwick hears from experts in the industry. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to move ahead with mass federal job cuts — a plan previously blocked by a lower court. Tens of thousands of government workers could now be at risk. Plus WeightWatchers, the weight management business, has announced a new era as it emerges from a major debt restructuring. It's after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States in May. Throughout the programme, Sam will be joined by two guests on opposite sides of the world: Jessica Khine, a business development consultant based in Malaysia, and Rema Rahman, White House and Legal Affairs editor at The Hill, in Washington.
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  • Hello, I'm Sam Fenwick.

  • Welcome along to Business Matters on the BBC World Service.

  • Coming up on the programme today, high prices and uncertain futures.

  • President Trump slapped a 50% tariff on copper, the metal of electrification.

  • That sent prices soaring and left US businesses guessing.

  • Tax breaks for solar and wind are rolled back so we'll look at what that could mean for US energy prices.

  • And we hear from a Californian bike maker caught up in a trade war.

  • His bikes are at sea and he has no idea what tariffs they'll face when they arrive on US soil.

  • As this tariff situation evolves we really have no idea what amount of cash we're going to have to come up with to pay off the tariff bill as well as the freight forwarders and get the goods into our warehouse.

  • Also coming up in this first half hour of the program the US Supreme Court has cleared the way for mass federal job cuts.

  • Unions say essential services could be at risk.

  • We'll hear from one of the worker representatives on the front line.