Trump’s tariffs prompt pushback in Congress

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariff plan — which has rattled Wall Street and sparked bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill — is his latest push to act unilaterally on a consequential part of his second term agenda.

Trump declared the impact of foreign trade practices on the U.S. economy a national emergency when he signed his executive order Wednesday authorizing a new wave of tariffs on all imported goods. The declaration came after Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border in January to propel his mass deportation effort, and a national emergency in February surrounding drugs and fentanyl entering the U.S. United States to justify tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico.

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