"This morning, in a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of the president's sweeping global tariffs. The majority ruled that the law Donald Trump had used to carry out most of his trade policies does not, in fact, allow the president to impose tariffs at all. This is a major setback for Trump's trade agenda, but it is far from a fatal one. The president has several alternatives that he can use to reconstruct his tariff regime,"
"The Trump administration had interpreted this vague statute, which had never been used to justify tariffs, to mean that the president can issue tariffs of whatever kind he wants, whenever he wants, on any country he wants, so long as he says an emergency exists, all without getting congressional approval. IEEPA was the basis of Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China last February, the "reciprocal" tariffs he levied on almost every country"
The Supreme Court struck down the bulk of the president's sweeping global tariffs in a 6-3 decision, concluding that the statute relied upon did not authorize such tariff actions. The ruling centers on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and finds it cannot be used to impose broad, unilateral tariffs. The administration had used IEEPA for tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China, and many reciprocal and one-off measures. Industry-specific tariffs on items like steel and aluminum imposed under separate authorities are unaffected. The administration has alternative plans to rebuild its tariff regime, which could face lengthy litigation.
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