For his latest tariffs, Trump used a statute so obscure many lawyers didn’t even know it still existed. ‘This law is literally a blank canvas’
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What happened
Trump invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to slap a 50% tax on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports.
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