Senate efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods entering the United States succeeded in a symbolic move.
S.J. Res. 37, legislation introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to scrap the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), was approved in a 51-48 vote.
The law allows the president to regulate global commerce amid a declared national emergency and has generally been used to implement trade restrictions with foreign countries. Trump tapped the Act to justify imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China over fentanyl and illegal immigration threats.
Trump and other senior administration officials have stated that Canada has not done enough to curb the flow of fentanyl entering the United States. Ottawa agreed to institute its multi-billion-dollar border agenda to clamp down on illegal drugs coming into the United States, prompting the White House to grant a tariff pause….