President Donald Trump is leaving the fate of his tariffs in Congress’s hands, but lawmakers, even his allies, aren’t totally sold on codifying the president’s trade policy.
After the Supreme Court on Friday struck down his use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to levy sweeping tariffs, Trump signed an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, then on Saturday said he would ratchet those tariffs up to the maximum 15% allowed under that law. They will expire after 150 days unless Congress votes to extend them.
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