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US DOJ says emergency powers clearly define tariff authority

By Bradley Dress ( April 23, 2025, 17:40 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice has filed responses in the lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs, arguing that the law clearly defines the authority of the executive branch to regulate trade in a national emergency and that the country faces pressing security threats.The US Department of Justice, in responses to lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs, argued that the law clearly defines the authority given to the executive branch to regulate trade in a national emergency and that the country faces pressing security threats....

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