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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 26 MIN

[News] Trump Reimposes 50% Tariffs on Canada Using a 1930 Discrimination Law No President Has Ever Used

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With his emergency-powers tariffs voided by the Supreme Court in February, the president reached for Section 338, a dormant Depression-era discrimination statute, to put an additional 50 percent duty on Canadian autos, alcohol, and cheese, and the untested legal theory is already headed for court.

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