Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Emergency Tariffs In Landmark Ruling Limiting Executive Trade Powers

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In a landmark decision that reshapes U.S. trade policy, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down former President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. Thereby, ruling that the administration exceeded its legal authority by using emergency powers to impose trade restrictions on major economic partners. The Court ruled 6–3 that the tariffs violated the constitutional separation of powers and improperly relied on emergency authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. According to the decision, tariff-setting authority rests primarily with Congress, and national emergency powers cannot be used as a substitute for legislative approval. The ruling immediately invalidates tariffs

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