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Elissa Slotkin: “It is the US Congress that has to impose tariffs.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Intel Brief: What you need to know on tariffs, cartels and Trump's plan for 2026

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States said, we're sorry, most of those tariffs are not legal. It is the US Congress that has to impose tariffs. The president wasn't happy with that and has now said, I'm going to reimpose tariffs through a different legal mechanism across the board at 15%. So how does this affect you? (00:42–00:47)

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Asserts that the authority to impose tariffs lies with the US Congress.

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