President Trump skipped the normal months-long process to impose tariffs and instead used a 1970s to bypass them. This leaves him open to legal challenges and actions from Congress. After all, it's them who's supposed to set tariffs in the first place. WSJ’s Gavin Bade explains.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump’s tariffs
0:49 How it usually works
1:19 Trump’s approach
2:56 How the tariffs were calculated
3:38 How Congress is responding
4:35 The upshot
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