Home US copper scrap market latest victim in trade war Scrap recyclers in the United States have become unwilling pawns in a tit-for-tat trade war, with China slapping a blanket 25% tariff on copper scrap and other recycled metals from the US, effective Thursday August 23. The tariff applies to products under Harmonized Tariff Code 7404.00, which refers to copper waste and scrap, as well as other scrap products including zinc, tin, magnesium, tungsten, titanium and... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Brad MacAulay August 09, 2018 04:05 GMT PIttsburgh Keywords nonferrous scrap tariffs trade war China copper scrap brass scrap aluminium scrap trade Brad MacAulay Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}