(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump continues to defend his use of tariffs worldwide as businesses await a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the president’s tariff authority.
Trump has been urging the high court to rule in his favor, allowing him to continue imposing tariffs at will under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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