r/politics • u/Mason_Miami • 1d ago

Conservative group claims Trump's tariffs illegally usurp powers of Congress

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-unlawful-impost-must-fall-conservative-group-sues-trump-claiming-tariffs-are-unconstitutional-exercise-of-legislative-power/
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u/Dcongo 1d ago

Did anybody see what the tariff on Russian imports will be? I didn’t see that country on the list.

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u/DennisC1986 13h ago

The AI that generated the list didn't make an entry for Russia because it had no numbers on which to base it. The U.S.A. is sanctioning Russia and we do not import anything from there.

In case you don't realize it, the formula used to calculate the tariff was <trade deficit / total imports from that country> / 2. It has nothing to do with how much they are tariffing us; that was a straight-up lie from Trump.