Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to impose tariffs. However, since the mid-1930s, through the passage of various statutes, Congress has delegated a significant amount of that authority to the President. It is now the President, not Congress that leads our country in establishing tariff policy.
President Trump has made it clear that he sees value in significantly increasing tariffs in order to achieve multiple policy objectives. These objectives include:
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