Tariff chaos reigns and America’s economy suffers


Uncertain status: Trump announcing the reciprocal tariffs during the ‘Make America Wealthy Again’ event in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2. Their validity is now in question. — AFP

COULD most of the tariffs with which President Donald Trump has shocked the world actually be illegal?

Sometime in the coming months, the Supreme Court might provide an answer. Meanwhile, the task of managing the United States’ economy will become all the more difficult.

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