On November 6 in Beijing via Xinhua News Agency, multiple judges of the U.S. Supreme Court questioned the legality of the Trump administration's comprehensive tariff policy on the 5th. Trump tweeted on the same day that if the government loses this c

The Supreme Court of the United States is reviewing the legality of Trump's comprehensive tariff policy and heard oral arguments on the same day. According to multiple media reports, during the 2.5-hour oral argument, several conservative and liberal

The United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C., taken on June 29th, 2023, by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie

According to the US Constitution, the United States Congress decides tariff policy. However, the Trump administration invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act passed in 1977 to implement a comprehensive tariff policy. This law grants t

Prior to Trump, no U.S. president had imposed tariffs based on this law. U.S. businesses and twelve states affected by Trump's tariff policy had previously filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the policy. Multiple courts have previously ruled t

In April this year, the United States announced the implementation of the so-called reciprocal tariff policy towards all its trading partners, with a minimum benchmark tariff of 10% and higher tariffs for some trading partners including the least dev

According to Associated Press reports, there are doubts about Trump's tariff policy among 3 conservative and liberal judges on the Supreme Court. Therefore, if 3 liberal judges plus 2 conservative judges vote against Trump's tariff policy, the Suprem

The United States Supreme Court consists of nine judges, six of them are conservatives and three are liberals.

Sketch of a trial judge. Associated Press

According to Associated Press reports, the Supreme Court could take weeks or even months to make a ruling on this case. The report stated that even if the Trump administration loses the lawsuit, it will still invoke other laws to implement its tariff

Trump did not attend the debate on that day. He previously posted on social media, 'I won't go to court on Wednesday (the 5th) because I don't want to divert attention from this important decision.' He posted on the same day that if the government lo

As the debate unfolds, Reuters reports that US businesses, trade lawyers, and economists are increasingly realizing that Trump's tariffs won't simply disappear no matter how the courts rule on them.

The US Finance Secretary Bohl described previously that the Supreme Court would maintain the current tariff policy, but if it were to be overturned, the US government would turn to other legal authorities instead. (reported by Yuan Yuan)