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Copper prices are benefiting as investors anticipate greater demand out of China and increased infrastructure projects under President Donald Trump. Some professional traders are reacting by increasing bullish bets on the red metal.
A near-term issue for copper is the ability of the Trump Administration to get its ambitious infrastructure efforts off the ground, something many market observers believe will not happen until next year. Additionally, if that effort does not approach the $1 trillion in expenditures promised by the president on the campaign trail, markets could be disappointed.
Trump’s audacious infrastructure plan has somewhat fallen out of the spotlight amid the administration’s other efforts in recent days, but that plan is widely seen as a catalyst for industrial metals, including copper.
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