Supreme Court Denies Challenge to Expanded Section 301 China Tariffs
The justices left intact duties on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese goods after importers said Trump exceeded tariff authority.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s First-Term Tariff on China
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 15 declined to hear a legal challenge to tariffs imposed on Chinese imports by U.S. President Donald Trump during his first term in 2018. The decision follows an appeal by HMTX Industries and other businesses after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last year upheld the tariffs, which Trump previously imposed on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 in response to China’s unfair tr…
The Seattle Times
Business TimesTrump’s first-term China tariffs survive Supreme Court challenge
Turning away an appeal by a group of importers Monday, the high court without comment let stand a 2025 federal appeals court decision that upheld the duties.
On Monday (June 15), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by importers, upholding the 2025 federal appeals court ruling supporting tariffs on China. This decision means that the tariffs imposed during Trump's first term on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods will remain in effect; at the same time, the Supreme Court did not impose any new restrictions on the president's power to amend tariffs.
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