The president is set to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum this week, even as the courts are challenging the legitimacy of other levies.
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The president is set to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum this week, even as the courts are challenging the legitimacy of other levies.
By Ana Swanson and Tony Romm
Reporting from Washington
The president first announced the doubling of tariffs on aluminum and steel at a rally in Pennsylvania last week.
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Trump trade team is working on contingency plans should the high…
The dueling narratives come as the administration is asking an appeals court to preserve a set of tariffs recently deemed to be…
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day”…
Trump’s Department of Justice previously argued in court that he couldn’t issue tariffs under the authority that he is now using…
