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Our Embarrassing President: Trump Escalates Trade War, Threatens European Carmakers

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Jay C3/03/2018 1:35:27 pm PST

OK: Serious question time: while I like to think I’m a bit more conversant with things like governmental practices than the “average” citizen (low bar, etc.): one thing about the Orange Anus’s stupid “trade war” moves puzzles me. Is setting tariff rates and other trade policies solely in the purview of the President (“Executive Orders” or something?) - or does Congress have any say in the matter? I realize US Presidents have a fairly wide range of powers (assuming no legal/Constitutional challenges) - but is US trade policy really ONLY in the (diminutive) hands of the Executive?