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Trump warns Supreme Court tariff rejection would render the U.S. defenseless, but trade experts say he has multiple alternative legal tools to keep tariffs.

If courts strike down his emergency powers, Trump could invoke Section 301, national security statutes or Depression-era laws allowing tariffs up to 50%.

Average U.S. tariffs have jumped from 2.5% to 17.9% since Trump took office in January, reaching their highest level since 1934.

President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will be rendered “defenseless’’ and possibly “reduced to almost Third World status” if the Supreme Court strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth.

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