US Supreme Court yet to issue ruling on Trump tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court issued three decisions but did not rule on the closely watched dispute over the legality of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs.
On Tuesday, the court did not announce the next date it will rule.
It does not announce in advance which decisions will be published on a specific date.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that Trump’s tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are the “most appropriate” solution to the trade situations facing the United States.
Greer told a forum in Davos, Switzerland, that there were other options for imposing new tariffs if the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs, but he declined to discuss them.
“The President chose to use IEEPA because it best suits the situations we face,” Greer said.
“In emergencies like a trade deficit, in national security emergencies, this is most appropriate. So if we’re not allowed to use this, of course there are other tools we can use, but IEEPA is most appropriate.”
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