
Emanuel Datt on why US copper tariffs spare raw material exports but Australian miners still face indirect price pressure.
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By: Datt Capital
August 1, 2025: As copper prices continue to reel after President Trump’s surprise policy turnaround setting 50% tariffs on copper products but not on the raw material, CIO of Datt Capital, Emanuel Datt notes, “We anticipate that Australian copper miners will be unaffected directly by the new tariffs but may suffer collateral damage from a weakening copper price.
“Notably, the tariffs are enacted only on finished copper products which are largely manufactured in China. It is evident that this measure has been enacted to encourage domestic industrial manufacturing to re-onshore back to the USA."
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