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> then what?

I don’t know, how about holding on to our phones and computers a little longer, and not replacing perfectly good copper-laden objects just because there is a newer, shinier version on the market?

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The amount of copper in consumer electronics is minuscule. You're not accomplishing anything by holding on to an old phone with a cracked display.

It's far more ominous: if no intensity of tariff brings down the street price of copper, Trump will have to either pronounce out loud that it's failed, or turn to the threat of military action.

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