Trump Threatens to Slap an Additional 50% Tariff on China

31 pointsposted 11 days ago
by almog
(wsj.com)

11 Comments

duxup

11 days ago

It's like watching a toddler throw a fit. No idea how to self control, only knows how to scream and act out louder, take it out on everyone else.

tempera

10 days ago

Why are not the Democrats protesting with all their might against this racial discrimation with tarrifs? The Chinese deserve better from us.

java-man

11 days ago

Can Congress, in principle, stop this idiocy?

A_D_E_P_T

11 days ago

In principle, sure.

Noah Smith wrote about this earlier today:

> "The power to enact tariffs is Constitutionally reserved for Congress, and the only reason Trump is able to unilaterally create these tariffs is that Congress granted the President this ability with a series of laws. At any moment, Congress could simply pass a new law and make these tariffs vanish."

> https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/hey-democrats-stop-fiddling-wh...

But that's "in principle." Will they? Almost certainly not. (Though it's unclear why this is the case.)

quadragenarian

10 days ago

As mentioned in the article you linked, the president has a veto over any law to restrict his own tariff powers; the only way to override his or her veto is to pass the law with 2/3rds majority in BOTH chambers, the House and Senate.

That does mean a fair number of Republican Congresspeople would have to join Democrats. This level of cooperation seems to be in itself anathema to Republicans, notwithstanding the actual principle of the bill itself.

duxup

11 days ago

Yes, congress has the power to override the executive branch on tariffs.

Historically congress has given the executive branch added decision making over tariffs, but congress can revoke those and/or curtail tariffs if they wish.

But congress is GOP controlled and they're barely a political party as far as independent thinking goes and more so a Trump fan club in all but name.

rasz

10 days ago

This congress? no.

user

11 days ago

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