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Originally Posted by Azure
I believe the Democrats were talking about it.
My understanding is that tariffs are the business of Congress, but in the last USMCA agreement there was a provision put in where the President could issue tariffs for national security reasons.
At this point you'd think even the GOP could tell him to back off because it is hurting their states.
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The provision isn't part of USMCA. It's part of IEEPA, a Carter era law from 1977.
Trump used IEEPA to grant himself these powers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...mic_Powers_Act
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-shee...ico-and-china/