What's next for Trump's tariffs?
President Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether most of his tariffs are legal.
President Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether most of his tariffs are legal.
In the biggest test yet to Trump’s economic agenda, the administration asked the Supreme Court for an expedited review of the sweeping duties applied to dozens of U.S. trading partners.
But regardless of how the high court rules, it may not mean the end of Trump’s worldwide tariffs.
There are at least five statutes that the president could use to quickly impose tariffs again, though some have never been tested. That could create even more legal fights.
This section of the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which has never been used before, allows the president to unilaterally impose tariffs of up to 50% on imports from countries that he finds “discriminate” against the U.S.
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