Copper futures fell in Asia and stock markets were mixed as traders and investors sifted through President Trump’s latest tariff threats.A day after the U.S. sent letters to 14 countries announcing so-called reciprocal tariffs under a new deadline,

The U.S. dollar traded close to a 2-1/2-week high versus major peers on Wednesday while copper hit an all-time peak overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump broadened his global trade war by saying he would impose a 50% tariff on the metal.