Trump imposes tariffs up to 40% on 14 countries, pressuring allies to shift production to the US and avoid ties with BRICS. Tensions mount globally.

B.C.’s mining sector won’t be directly hit by whatever comes out of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to slap tariffs on copper imports, even though the province is home to Canada’s two largest open-pit copper mines and produces more than half of the country’s copper ore.

In health care, Telix Pharmaceuticals was up 6.6 per cent after its prostate cancer imaging agent was granted a permanent insurance code by the US Medicare and Medicaid system. The Australian dollar was buying 65.20 US cents, from 65.43 US cents at close of business on Tuesday.