re: Federal court halts bulk of tariffs

I think we are all confused. But it looks like Biden’s steel tariff’s were done under the trade expansion act which is different authority from what Trump has now used.

Per the discussion of the trade court in striking down of the Trump tariffs, the trade expansion act allows for import charges when there is a finding that “an article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security.”

So I assume the Biden steel tariffs were targeted to a specific item to address dumping or some other issue that was undercutting American competitiveness?

With Trump there is no such specific article being addressed here. He is using an emergency declaration to do blanket tariffs.

A major problem with that is the blanket, untalented nature, and emergencies are generally sudden in nature. The emergencies used here have all been slow boils. Congress can act to address a slow developing problem. The trade court decision spends a lot of time on if a trade imbalance supports executive action. At least for the trade court panel, it does not in the manner Trump has sought.