Washington (USA), 10 April (LaPresse) – Donald Trump’s tariffs are back before the courts. The US Court of International Trade is set to convene today to examine the 10% blanket tariff imposed by the US president, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn his previous tariffs, ruling them unlawful. Twenty-four Democratic-led states and a number of small businesses are challenging this new set of measures, in the hope that they will suffer the same fate as the previous ones. The legal challenge, reports The Hill, centres on the definition of the ‘balance of payments’. The previous tariffs, struck down by the Supreme Court, had been imposed by invoking the president’s emergency powers. For the new tariffs, the administration has cited Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. This provision authorises the president to unilaterally impose an additional tariff on imports, up to a maximum of 15% and for a period not exceeding 150 days, ‘in order to address large and serious deficits in the United States balance of payments’.
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