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Peter Navarro: “Tariffs constitute regulation of importation. Would it…”

Featuring: Peter Navarro, Republican | Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, Trump Administration | National

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FULL GAGGLE: Navarro Says Trump's Tariffs Being Taken Down In Court 'Will Be The End Of The U.S.'

Published | Video Starts at 08:29

So clearly, on the first question, these unequivocally unequal national economic emergencies and qualify under iepa. The second point has to do with what is a semantical one. Basically, the question is whether Tariffs constitute regulation of importation. Would it qualify as a form of regulating imports? And yes, of course it will. There's good case law. I go over this in my Washington Times article that support that. And nothing rules out the use of tariffs. And I think we're on very solid ground there. (08:29–08:41)

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