Global Copper Shortages Deepen Amid U.S. Tariff-Driven Inventory Shift

Post Views: 479 Copper market Copper Tariff Threat Reshapes Global Trade Flows The global copper market is facing growing imbalances as physical metal floods into the United States. This movement is driven by fears of incoming tariffs. This aggressive stockpiling has created regional shortages. As a result, London Metal Exchange (LME) inventories are at their lowest levels in nearly two years. Traders are rushing to deliver copper to the U.S. They are exploiting a widening price arbitrage between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the LME. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in...