Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates December 2025 No. 9 Vol. 28
Donald J. Trump et al., Petitioners

Trump's Tariffs

Federal Law and Presidential Trade Power

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Donald J. Trump et al., Petitioners

On April 2, 2025, President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency relating to the U.S. deficit in traded goods with other nations, which he said was a threat to American economic and national security. Claiming authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), he announced that he was ordering tariffs ranging from 10% to 50% on most foreign goods imported into the United States to address this crisis. Earlier in the year, Trump had also cited IEEPA to impose 25% tariffs on most Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on Chinese goods because he said those…

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