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The world’s top commodity traders are rushing to ship copper to the US from as far afield as Asia as Donald Trump’s threat of import tariffs on the metal creates a huge opportunity for profit.

President Trump announced that despite a drop in illegal border crossings, he will impose 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods starting April 2