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The most straightforward way for a chief executive to impose new tariffs without congressional approval or a lengthy review process—which would be required if Trump used Section 301 of the Trade ...
Section 338 is in that same category of fast-acting remedies, allowing the president to act unilaterally and impose tariffs in 30 days, said Nazak Nikakhtar, a former senior Commerce Department ...
Beginning in 1917 with the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, the president can impose any tariff while the nation is at war. The affected trade does not have to be connected to the ongoing war. Since 1974, the Trade Act of 1974 allows the president to impose a 15% tariff for 150 days if there is "an adverse impact on national security from ...
Tariffs that are primarily used as a negotiating tool to drive national security policy, “can be immensely effective,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the bipartisan Committee for a ...
The so-called "Section 301" and "Section 232" tariff authority that has been exercised in recent years by both Trump and President Joe Biden are based on some of these bills.
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised to impose tariffs on goods coming in from other countries as the central element of his economic plan for the country.. He claimed in ...
The first Trump tariffs were imposed by executive order (not by act of Congress) during the first presidency of Donald Trump as part of his economic policy. In January 2018, Trump imposed tariffs on solar panels and washing machines of 30 to 50 percent. [36] He soon imposed tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) from most countries.
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to unilaterally impose a massive consumption tax on Americans who purchase imported goods from three of the country’s top trading partners on ...