U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington, on June 11. Bessent says he is confident the Supreme Court will uphold President Trump’s use of tariffs.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will uphold President Donald Trump’s use of a 1977 emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on most trading partners, but said the administration has a backup plan if it does not.

Bessent told Reuters he was preparing a legal brief for the U.S. solicitor-general, who will oversee the government’s appeal to the Supreme Court, that will underscore the urgency of addressing decades of trade imbalances and stopping the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.

A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s

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