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A U.S. federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations that sell more to the United States than they buy.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    White House spokesperson Kush Desai said that trade deficits amount to a national emergency “that has decimated American communities, left our workers behind, and weakened our defense industrial base — facts that the court did not dispute.”

    Well the new budget torpedoed this argument doesn’t it.

    • timeghost@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      decimated American communities

      The trade deficits have reduced American communities by 1/10th? Can this be…?