Overview
- The Senate approved S.J. Res. 77 in a 50–46 vote, with Republicans Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul joining Democrats.
- The vote follows a similar Senate move a day earlier targeting the emergency basis for tariffs on Brazil.
- Sponsors acknowledge the measure is largely symbolic because the Republican-led House is not expected to take it up and the White House opposes rollbacks.
- Trump’s tariffs on Canada were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act after a 25% rate in February rose to 35% in August, with an additional 10% announced recently.
- The legal fight over the use of emergency trade powers reaches the Supreme Court on November 5, as Trump reports a ‘very nice’ conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea.