Overview
- Bloomberg reported the Court will recess for four weeks starting next week, making any decision unlikely before February.
- No decision was issued on January 20 despite earlier expectations that the Court might rule that day.
- The case challenges the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose reciprocal tariffs and fentanyl-related duties on China, Mexico and Canada.
- District and appellate courts have ruled the measures unlawful for exceeding presidential authority.
- USTR representative Greer told the New York Times the government would begin reconstructing tariffs the next day using Section 301 and Section 232 if the IEEPA approach is invalidated.