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Chile’s Finance Minister Mario Marcel said on Monday that the issue of U.S. copper tariffs is expected to be addressed during broader trade talks taking place in Washington this week.
Speaking to local radio station Duna, Marcel said Chile would push for any copper tariffs to be handled as part of a comprehensive trade agreement with the United States.
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans to impose a 50% tariff on copper imports starting August 1. Chile, the world's largest copper producer and the top supplier of refined copper to the U.S., exports much of its copper to China but still plays a key role in the U.S. market.
The latest discussions mark the third round of negotiations between Chilean officials and the U.S. Trade Representative’s office.
“We hope these talks in Washington will also cover the copper issue,” Marcel said. “It would make little sense for us to have a trade deal that leaves out more than half of our exports to the U.S., including copper and wood.”
When asked if Chile would request an exemption from the upcoming tariffs, Marcel said the aim was to address the matter within the framework of a wider trade deal, rather than as a separate issue.
“It’s a key topic for us, and we want it to be included in the main commercial discussions,” he said, adding that other countries have negotiated similar carve-outs in their trade agreements.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 56 kilometres east of Gorgan in northern Iran early Sunday morning, according to preliminary seismic data.
'Superman' continued to dominate the summer box office, pulling in another $57.25 million in its second weekend, as theatres welcome a wave of blockbuster competition following a challenging few years for the film industry.
Honduras has brought back mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and a new variant surge nationwide.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin to release more than 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners soon, after a trilateral meeting was set up with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Canada is facing its second-worst wildfire season on record, with 7.8 million hectares already burned, and the fires could persist for weeks, according to federal officials.
A research team led by Tsinghua University has unveiled a groundbreaking method for making organs transparent, offering the most detailed view yet of the brain’s inner workings.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi today for a closely watched round of bilateral discussions with senior Indian leaders, including External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
In Bolivia's first-round presidential election, voters decisively rejected the leftist party that has ruled the country for most of the past two decades, signaling a shift toward more market-friendly policies to address the nation's economic struggles.
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