"Those challenging the tariffs, which include some small businesses and US states, argue the president exceeded his authority when imposing the sweeping levies last year. Two lower courts have already found that the president did not have the authority to impose global tariffs, which were brought in using emergency powers allowing the president to issue immediate orders and bypass Congress."
"The supreme court, which is dominated by conservative justices, could throw out the tariffs the cornerstone of Trump's economic agenda and force the president to send refunds to the US importers that paid them. But if the supreme court does rule Trump overstepped his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to impose the tariffs, the White House has other ways it can bring in import taxes."
"In a 15 January interview with the NY Times published on Monday, the US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said the administration would start the next day to replace the tariffs with other levies if the ruling went against Trump. The reality is the president is going to have tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward, Greer said. Last week, Trump said it would be a complete mess if the court were to strike down his trade tariffs,"
The US Supreme Court may soon rule on whether former president Donald Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) when imposing global tariffs. Challengers including small businesses and US states argue the tariffs were issued using emergency powers that bypassed Congress. Two lower courts already found the president lacked authority to impose the tariffs. The tariffs disrupted longstanding US trade policy and targeted major trading partners. A conservative Supreme Court could invalidate the tariffs and require refunds. The White House plans to replace any struck-down tariffs with alternative levies, and the administration intends to keep tariffs central to trade policy.
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