周四,在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普确认对铜进口征收50%的关税将于8月1日生效后,铜期货价格攀升至每磅5.60美元左右,徘徊在历史高点附近。特朗普在Truth Social上表示,这一消息是在国家安全审查结束后发布的。他强调了铜的战略重要性,指出铜是国防部使用量第二大的材料,对半导体、航空航天、弹药、数据中心、锂离子电池、雷达系统、导弹防御和高超音速武器等行业至关重要。此举将美国铜期货相对于伦敦金属交易所合约的溢价推高至创纪录的25%,因为国际基准下跌,这标志着自2月贱金属关税威胁开始以来,随着交易商将铜转移到美国,国内库存增加的结束。
Copper futures climbed to around $5.60 per pound on Thursday, hovering near all-time highs, after US President Donald Trump confirmed that a 50% tariff on copper imports will take effect on August 1. The announcement followed the conclusion of a national security review, Trump stated on Truth Social. He emphasized copper’s strategic importance, noting it is the second most-used material by the Department of Defense and critical to industries such as semiconductors, aerospace, ammunition, data centers, lithium-ion batteries, radar systems, missile defense, and hypersonic weapons. The move pushed the premium on US copper futures over London Metal Exchange contracts to a record 25%, as international benchmarks declined, signaling the end of increasing domestic stockpiles as traders moved copper into the US since tariff threats on base metals started in February.