Watch Bloomberg Businessweek Daily LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump vowed to push forward with his aggressive tariff regime in the coming days, stressing he would not offer additional extensions on country-specific levies set to now hit in early August while indicating he could announce substantial new rates on imports of copper and pharmaceuticals.The posturing on social media and at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday came after traders initially shrugged off a series of letters and executive actions Trump issued Monday, pushing back the deadline for his so-called “reciprocal” tariffs while announcing the latest rates he planned for more than a dozen countries that had not succeeded in brokering quick trade agreements.That changed Tuesday as Trump signaled a renewed determination to push ahead with his plans to heavily tax foreign imports. Trump said he would offer no additional delays on the country-specific tariffs, despite the previous night allowing he was “not 100% firm” on his August 1 deadline.He said he would impose a 50% rate on copper products being sent into the US, surging futures of the commodity to their largest intraday gain in data going back to at least 1988.Today's show features: Bloomberg News Economic Statecraft Reporter Joe Deaux on President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcements Libby Cantrill, Managing Director and the head of public policy for PIMCO on corporate positioning based on changes to White House trade policy and tariffs Ellen Wald, President of Transversal Consulting and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council on the global energy market and this week’s OPEC+ meeting Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech Mark Gurman on Apple’s problems in the AI arms race See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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