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Supreme Court To Decide Whether Trump Can Control Tariffs

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether President Donald Trump -- or any president -- has the right to invoke tariffs on other nations as a matter of foreign policy, or whether it's actually Congress' job to manage tariffs.

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize tariffs like the ones Trump used the law for earlier this year

The high court agreed on Tuesday to hear from both sides on whether The International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to control tariffs

A lower court nearly two weeks ago struck down the tariffs put in place by President Trump earlier this year, ruling that it was likely Congress' territory, but left the Trump tariffs in place to give the administration time to work up an appeal before the Supreme Court.


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