… the Trade Expansion act of 1962, which allows tariffs on imports threatening national security, which was the vehicle Trump used for steel and aluminum tariffs. And the third is under Section 201 of the Trade act of 1974... permits temporary, quote, safeguard tariffs to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by import surges. So there are three other statutory bases that the President could go to, and if the Supreme Court rules against him, I think the President will go to use those. (31:44–31:58)
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Asserts that Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 allows temporary tariffs to protect domestic industries from import surges.
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