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Donald Trump lashes out over tariff blocks: "Economic survival"
President Donald Trump has said that if the U.S. is not allowed to implement tariffs, it "doesn't have, even a small chance, ...
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Where Trump’s ‘emergency power’ on foreign business comes from
The law by which Trump can impose sanctions like the tariffs, passed in the wake of Watergate and Vietnam, is the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act. This authority has ...
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President Trump Invokes Emergency Powers for New Tariffs
President Trump used the National Emergencies Act of 1976 (NEA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977. This raises two important questions: Do the National ...
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What Is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act?
The 1977 law, known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, has been invoked by the White House to justify tariffs on nearly every country. Mr. Trump used the law last month to ...
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Companies Should Fear Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Powers
While many commentators mocked Donald Trump’s order to stop producing goods in China, a close reading of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act should worry U.S. companies with ...
Top White House economic adviser expects Trump and Xi to talk this week
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that he expects President Donald Trump to speak with ...
This Is the True Danger of Trump’s Tariffs
Courts will be hard-pressed to explain why arguments that were fatal to the Biden administration’s overreach do not apply to ...
Trump's Tariffs Would Cut US Deficits by $2.8T Over 10 Years and Shrink the Economy, CBO Says
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the ...