Trump’s New Tariffs Could Face Legal Challenges
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- After the Supreme Court blocked President Trump's use of an emergency law to impose tariffs, his administration turned to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 10 percent tariff on nearly all imports.
- Section 122 allows the president to impose duties for up to 150 days in response to significant U.S. balance-of-payments deficits or fundamental international payments problems, though its application to tariffs is unproven and controversial.
- Legal experts and some of Trump's trade critics are considering new lawsuits, arguing that the administration may have overstepped its authority by invoking this lesser-known provision.
- President Trump announced plans to raise the tariff rate to 15 percent, but the White House has not provided a timeline for when this increase
