Are Trump’s tariffs legal? : The Indicator from Planet Money

President Donald Trump’s newest spherical of tariffs took impact right now. However are they authorized?

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President Donald Trump’s newest spherical of tariffs took impact right now. However are they authorized?

Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs

President Trump’s new spherical of tariffs took impact right now. It can herald billions of {dollars} to the federal government, partly paid for by U.S. importers who can resolve whether or not to go that price onto American households. However are these tariffs authorized?

Right this moment on the present, the arguments for and in opposition to the president’s tariffs and what occurs to that tariff income if Trump loses.

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