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Scott Bessent: “The Supreme Court did not strike down the 232 or 301…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Treasury Secretary Bessent responds to Trump's State of the Union address

Published | Video Starts at 04:50

Let me ask you. No, no, let's, let's, no, no, let's be precise here. What the Supreme Court did was rule against the president's ability to use a narrow, The Supreme Court did not strike down the 232 or 301 tariffs. and it did not strike down his ability to the, it actually reinforced his ability to move those up and he has the ability to use something else called section122. (04:50–05:08)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court did not invalidate the 232 or 301 tariffs.

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