CESCO: Trade War between China and the United States leads to weak Global demand for Copper

Published: Apr 11, 2019 08:46

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SMM4, March 11: according to Bloomberg, at the CESCO Global Copper Conference in Santiago, Chile, economist Jumana Saleheen said that if the trade war between China and the United States continues to escalate, the growth rate of global copper consumption will decline by 1.5 percent. But if tariffs remain at current levels, demand for copper could grow by 2 per cent.

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