Trump's Tariffs Struck Down By Supreme Court

 

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping global tariffs

The Supreme Court has struck down some of Donald Trump's most sweeping global tariffs, upending one of the White House's top policy priorities and injecting new uncertainty into global trade.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices in America's highest court said the law Trump used to impose some of his most significant tariffs did not authorise him to do so.

The ruling opens the door to potentially billions of dollars in tariff refunds, delivering a major victory to the small businesses and states that had challenged the measures.

The Trump administration had contended that the duties were justified under a law empowering the president to respond to national emergencies.

But lawyers for the challenging states and private firms said that the law used by the president to impose the levies made no mention of the word "tariffs".

They argued that Congress did not intend to hand off its power to tax or give the president an "open-ended power to junk" other existing trade deals and tariff rules.

In his opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with that view.

"When Congress has delegated its tariff powers, it has done so in explicit terms and subject to strict limits," he wrote.

"Had Congress intended to convey the distinct and extraordinary power to impose tariffs, it would have done so expressly, as it consistently has in other tariff statutes."

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