minus-squareSebeck0401@feddit.nltoWorld News@lemmy.world•Trump vows to match Canada’s retaliatory tariffs ‘immediately.’ Live trade war updates here.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-22 days agoCan someone more knowledgeable about politics than me please tell me how 1 person can just slap on tarifs willy-nilly? Shouldn’t things like this have to go through some sort of vote in congress? Could the US president just call up all CEOs that use steel and be like: “gonna need some donations or I’ll put some tarifs on any imported steel”? linkfedilink
Can someone more knowledgeable about politics than me please tell me how 1 person can just slap on tarifs willy-nilly?
Shouldn’t things like this have to go through some sort of vote in congress?
Could the US president just call up all CEOs that use steel and be like: “gonna need some donations or I’ll put some tarifs on any imported steel”?