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Revision as of 16:03, 22 February 2025

International trade - tariffs - US.

(IEEPA).

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act is US federal legislation allowing the President to impose tariffs.


Legal basis for new US import tariffs
"... the Trump administration is using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act... which provides the president with wide authority to impose tariffs after declaring an [economic] emergency under the National Emergencies Act...
Similarly, there are no procedural requirements to [imposing] additional tariffs under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, if the president finds that a foreign country has taken unreasonable or discriminatory actions that disadvantage US commerce."
Tariffs imposed by the new Trump administration... require proactive hedging - John Hintze - The Treasurer 2025 Issue 1, page 24.


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