{
  "id": 172842,
  "title": "Copper floods US as traders try to get the jump on Trump tariffs, but ‘Taco’ trend looms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/copper-floods-us-as-traders-try-to-get-the-jump-on-trump-tariffs-but",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-05T11:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3363056/copper-floods-us-traders-try-get-jump-trump-tariffs-taco-trend-looms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Spurred by US President Donald Trump’s proposed new tariffs on cathode imports, copper shipments from across the globe are flooding into the United States. But analysts warn that should a so-called Taco scenario again unfold – as in, “Trump always chickens out” – copper prices in the US would likely fall in the short term. IHS Markit shipping data showed that more than 200,000 tonnes of copper…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}