The global gold market has been thrown into fresh turmoil after a US government agency indicated that bullion would not be exempt from tariffs.

The news sent commodity investors scrambling, with December gold prices rising to a record $3,534.10 per ounce, per the Financial Times. On the revelation, a White House official told Bloomberg that they planned to clarify that imports of gold bars will not face tariffs.

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