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The president’s economic goals might be best served by continued ambiguity on import levies.

The Iran war caused one of the biggest supply shocks to ever hit the aluminum market, but the runaway price surge that many were bracing for has been blunted by the ingenuity of producers from the Middle East to China.

(Bloomberg) -- The Iran war caused one of the biggest supply shocks to ever hit the aluminum market, but the runaway price surge that many were

When the conflict began, market watchers warned that unless the Strait of Hormuz reopened quickly, smelters were likely to run out of raw materials

The Iran war caused one of the biggest supply shocks to ever hit the aluminum market, but the runaway price surge that many were bracing for has been blunted by the ingenuity of producers from the Middle East to China.

The US Commerce Department is due to deliver a key report to the White House to inform Donald Trump’s next move.

(Bloomberg) -- The latest flare-up of tensions over the Strait of Hormuz is threatening fresh global supply disruptions way beyond oil and gas.

Lead prices dropped after the biggest delivery into London Metal Exchange warehouses in records going back to 1970.

Here are the commodities to watch beyond energy as worries about the war's complex impact on the global economy rise to the fore.