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Kim Strassel: Trump Avoided Trade Laws To Do Sweeping Tariffs Without All the Rigmarole Usually Required

‘He has the ability to bring tariffs by other means’
By Grabien Staff

EXCERPT:

STRASSEL: "No not at all in fact one of the judges to were appointed by Republican presidents. The reality is, it’s a very straightforward reading. As Alicia noted this is an unprecedented move. The major questions doctrine is a really important piece of this. As we are now hearing and people who follow trade no there are many other sections of different trade laws that Congress has very specifically given the president that goes through certain investigations and steps but sometimes they are limited. He has the ability to bring tariffs by other means. He avoided all of those and instead reach for this one because he thought it allowed him to do sweeping tariffs without all the rigmarole he is usually required. That’s one of the things the judges said. You have other things, you’ll have to do a little work this is what Congress did not give you. Specifically look at the ones they did. You are violating the major questions doctrine taking an action or Congress has had no say."

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