Zürcher Nachrichten - Markets mixed as Trump flags fresh tariffs, eyes on trade talks

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Markets mixed as Trump flags fresh tariffs, eyes on trade talks
Markets mixed as Trump flags fresh tariffs, eyes on trade talks / Photo: FRANCOIS LO PRESTI - AFP

Markets mixed as Trump flags fresh tariffs, eyes on trade talks

Stocks were mixed Wednesday as investors assessed Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, while keeping an eye on trade talks after the US president warned he would not again extend a deadline to reach deals.

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Investors took in their stride news that Trump had sent letters to 14 countries outlining his new levies on expectations that most will hammer out an agreement before his new cut-off date of August 1.

But he caused rumbles on trading floors again Tuesday by announcing a 50 percent toll on copper imports and saying he was looking at 200 percent tariffs on pharmaceuticals.

The news sent the price of copper -- used in a wide range of things including cars, construction and telecoms -- to a record high Tuesday, though it edged down in Asian business.

The measures would broaden a slate of sector-specific actions Trump has imposed since returning to the White House, with autos and steel hit with taxes.

The president has ordered probes into imports of copper, pharmaceuticals, lumber, semiconductors and critical minerals that could lead to further levies.

"Today we're doing copper," he told a cabinet meeting Tuesday. "I believe the tariff on copper, we're going to make it 50 percent."

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick later told CNBC the rate will likely come into effect at the end of July or on August 1.

Regarding pharmaceuticals, Trump said: "We're going to give people about a year, a year and a half to come in, and after that, they're going to be tariffed.

"They're going to be tariffed at a very, very high rate, like 200 percent."

He also warned "no extensions will be granted" to his August 1 deadline for tariff deals, after he pushed back his previous cut-off of July 9 to allow more time for talks.

Despite the prospect of more tariffs, equity traders largely took the latest announcement in stride, with Wall Street ending on a mixed note.

Asia saw similar moves, with gains in Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Manila, Mumbai and Jakarta tempered by losses in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Wellington and Bangkok.

London, Frankfurt and Paris rose at the open.

"This is the market equivalent of driving with one foot on the gas and one on the brake -- negative headline risk can impact sentiment one minute, while hopes of negotiation breakthroughs ease it the next," said SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.

"The president's Truth Social posts are now a de facto 'risk on-risk off' barometer for global markets, each one examined like scripture, influencing metals, bond yields, and risk premiums in their wake."

However, Fabien Yip, a market analyst at IG, said: "When combined with country-specific tariffs, the impact on prices of goods and services can be far more severe than current levels suggest."

There was little major reaction to data showing Chinese consumer prices rose in June for the first time since January, providing a much-needed bright spot for the world's number two economy.

Still, that was tempered by a sharper-than-expected fall in factory gate prices that suggested there were further deflationary pressures.

- Key figures at around 0715 GMT -

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.3 percent at 39,821.28 (close)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.2 percent at 23,870.40

Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.1 percent at 3,493.05 (close)

London - FTSE 100: UP 0.3 percent at 8,879.67

Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1725 from $1.1730 on Tuesday

Pound/dollar: UP at $1.3602 from $1.3592

Dollar/yen: UP at 146.87 yen from 146.53 yen

Euro/pound: DOWN at 86.20 pence from 86.27 pence

West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.3 percent at $68.12 per barrel

Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.3 percent at $69.93 per barrel

New York - Dow: DOWN 0.4 percent at 44,240.76 (close)

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