US EditionSupreme Court could change how Trump uses tariffs
The Supreme Court examines if President Trump legally used emergency tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to advance U.S. foreign policy.
- Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether President Donald Trump overstepped the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in setting tariffs during an extended 80-minute session.
- Trump has repeatedly used tariffs as a lever in foreign-policy disputes, pressuring Brazil and punishing Ontario with tariffs earlier this year.
- The Justice Department argued the administration warns that undoing Trump's tariffs could jeopardize `trillions of dollars` in foreign investments, citing $600 billion and $1 trillion pledged by the European Union and Japan and South Korea, respectively.
- White House spokesman Kush Desai defended the moves as lawful, while Karoline Leavitt said the trade team has backup plans and President Donald Trump skipped the arguments to avoid distraction.
- Legal scholars note the lack of precedent for broad tariff use, the U.S. Supreme Court has shown reluctance to check wide executive powers, and the administration could pivot to slower statutory routes requiring months.
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WSJ warns Trump’s big Supreme Court fight could trigger ‘calamity’
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board painted President Donald Trump's upcoming fight at the Supreme Court as a battle for the soul and the roots of our nation.Specifically, Trump is set to argue for the constitutionality of his emergency tariffs, which a string of lower courts have s...
Washington, United States.The U.S. Supreme Court launches Wednesday hearings on President Donald Trump's tariff policy, his most powerful commercial and diplomatic weapon to impose his vision on the rest of the world.It's a case that attacks the core of the Republican president's economic agenda.Since his return to the White House in January, Trump has invoked emergency economic powers to impose “reciprocal” tariffs on trade practices that Washi…
In tariff case, Trump's attorneys can't decide if foreign investment is good or bad for America
When the Trump administration's lawyers go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue a crucial case that will determine the limits of presidential tariff authority, they will be asking the justices to accept contradictory claims about the value of foreign investment in the United States. In a brief filed with the court ahead of this week's oral argument, the government's attorneys argue that foreigners buying up American "assets" is a …
Trump turned tariffs into his foreign-policy weapon. This week, the Supreme Court will decide if he went too far
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Trump trade team is working on contingency plans should the high court rule against him.
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