Thursday, August 7, 2025

If Court Kills Trump's IEEPA Tariffs, Here's How America First Trade Agenda Survives

By Kenneth Rapoza, Reporter/Columnist for Coalition for a Prosperous America

Trump's April 2 Liberation Day tariffs may be on their last leg but should the Appeals Court rule that the President’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs worldwide is illegal, the America First trade agenda will live on. To date, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and even the president himself have not broken a sweat about the possibility of these tariffs being overturned. I assume they have a Plan B. And I am sure Bessent knows how bad it would be if he was counting on $300 billion a year in tariff revenue to fund tax cuts and suddenly it all gets watered down, with the threat of companies suing for tariff refunds. [more...]

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