Supreme Court won't hear tariff challenge, paving way for new Trump action [View all]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 15 declined to hear from businesses challenging President Donald Trump's tariffs on China, which he imposed in 2018 under a different law than the emergency duties the high court struck down in February.

The justices' decision not to review a ruling upholding those tariffs could embolden the administration as it seeks to replace many of the emergency tariffs Trump tried to impose last year.

And it leaves in place import fees that companies opposed to the tariffs said are costing American consumers nearly $75 billion a year.

At issue were some of the tariffs imposed during the first Trump administration on imports from China under the 1974 Trade Act, which allows the United States to take action against another country's unfair trade practices.

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