Trump’s wild tariff threats would be less of a problem if Congress guarded its powers competently. 

Amid the flurry of unconstitutional or illegal executive orders from President Donald Trump—for example, the freezing of congressionally approved spending, the end of constitutionally stipulated birthright citizenship, and the mass firing of prosecutors—lies another one that, unfortunately, he is more likely to get away with. Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977, Trump, who earlier had questionably declared a “national emergency” at the U.S. border, is using this law to threaten to impose 25 percent tariffs (import taxes) on Canada and Mexico and 10 percent on China “because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our Citizens, including fentanyl.”

By: Ivan Elandhttps://nationalinterest.org/feature/donald-trumps-tariffs-bad-economics-and-maybe-illegal-too

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