But to my point, will you ask Congress to actually legislate or are you just going to avoid going to Congress? Well, first of all, Congress has already put out statutes allowing the President to impose tariffs, and Tariffs have been in place under those types of statutes for many years at this point. So in some ways, Congress has already pre approved these types of authorities. I'm happy to have conversations with Congress about how to legislate the President's trade program. (03:25–03:30)
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Asserts that tariffs have been implemented under these statutes for a long time.
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