Washington, DC (RI) — Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the US Supreme Court has provided SOME clarity on the extent of the president’s power to impose tariffs.
Friday’s decision was silent on whether refunds must be issued, however, and there are likely to be separate rulings on that issue. Grassley says Trump is a skilled negotiator, and he’s urging Trump to continue making trade deals.
After Grassley spoke with reporters on his weekly conference call, Trump announced he would impose a temporary 10 percent worldwide tariff under a law that’s different from the one addressed in the Supreme Court ruling. Ryan Marquardt, who raises cattle in Madison County, spoke during an online news conference organized by the Iowa Democratic Party.
Berleen Wobeter and her husband raise corn, soybeans, and cattle in Tama County.
Senator Grassley was a member of the U.S. House in 1977 when Congress passed the law on tariffs Trump had been using, but Trump’s new round of tariffs is based on a law passed three years earlier. Last April, Grassley proposed a new law that would see any new tariffs imposed by a president expire if Congress didn’t approve of the tariffs within 60 days.
No other member of Iowa’s congressional delegation has commented publicly on Friday’s Supreme Court decision. Zach Wahls and Josh Turek — the two Iowa Democrats running for the US Senate — say Trump’s tariffs have caused chaos for Iowa farmers, businesses, and consumers, and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson has failed to push back against Trump’s actions. Hinson is the leading Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Rob Sand, the leading Democratic candidate for governor, points to a recent report from the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee that found the average Iowa family has paid 13-hundred dollars in higher costs due to tariffs.
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