Supreme court will now have to rule on issue of if president overstepped his authority in upending trade policy Donald Trump overstepped his presidential powers with most of his globe-rattling tariff policies , a federal appeals court in Washington DC ruled on Friday. US law “bestows significant authority on the president to undertake a number of actions in response to a declared national emergency, but none of these actions explicitly include the power to impose tariffs, duties, or the like, or the power to tax”, the court said. Continue reading...