Federal Circuit OKs Trump's First-Term Duties on China, Showing He Has Other Tools If New Emergency Tariffs Fall

The decision “reaffirms that the president does have multiple authorities at his disposal to impose pretty significant tariffs. Obviously, if he loses [the International Emergency Economic Powers Act], that would be a huge setback, but it definitely doesn’t leave him without tools,” said Joseph Maher, a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security attorney.