Senators Urge Justices to Limit President’s Trade Authority

A federal appeals court gave the president too much latitude to modify national security tariffs, a group of Republican senators told the U.S. Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump in 2020 imposed 25% tariffs on steel imports from around the world using his authority under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which authorizes the president to impose restrictions on imports which he determines pose a threat to U.S. national security. Trump claimed cheap steel imports were threatening to weaken the U.S. steel industry to the point where it wouldn’t be able to meet production requirements in case of ...