US EditionLegal battle brews over Trump's use of emergency tariff powers
- On April 2, 2025, President Trump invoked emergency powers to address the persistent trade imbalance facing the U.S. And implemented tariffs targeting almost all of its major trading partners.
- The administration cited a federal law enacted in 1977, which grants the president emergency economic powers, as the basis for imposing these tariffs, leading to disputes over whether this action bypassed Congress’s traditional role in setting trade policy.
- At least seven lawsuits challenge the tariffs' legality, including one filed by five small businesses that argued the policy disrupted importers reliant on stable trade regulations.
- Charlottesville entrepreneur David Levi explained that the tariffs disrupted his supply chain, forcing him to pause innovation and causing him to lose much of his entrepreneurial motivation, while President Trump criticized the trade imbalances with countries such as Canada and Mexico, emphasizing that the U.S. Cannot continue to bear these economic burdens.
- Experts expect the case to reach the Supreme Court, potentially defining executive trade power limits and determining whether affected businesses like Levi's can recover.
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Video of Cato Institute Virtual Event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power"
Today the Cato Institute held a virtual event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power." Cato Institute Senior Fellow Walter Olson and I discussed Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs attempting to leverage the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), the lawsuit against them brought by the Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US businesses harmed by the tariffs, nondelegation, the general problem of abus…
White House says loss in tariff suits a ‘disaster scenario’ for trade talks
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and other Cabinet officials are warning courts considering suits over President Trump’s International Economic Emergency Powers Act tariffs that blocking the duties would eliminate U.S. leverage in trade negotiations with a host of countries. “In each case, those ongoing, delicate negotiations are premised on the ability of the President to impose tariffs under IEEPA. If the President is enjoined from exe…
'America First' Trade Policy: 2025 Update and Strategic Action Plan
LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, May 27, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Since his return to the Oval Office, President Trump has implemented a series of customs, tariffs, and trade policies aimed at protecting American industries and addressing international trade imbalances. He is invoking authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”) to address large and persistent trade deficits, currency manipulation, and value…
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