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Can the US Congress intervene on Trump's tariffs?

FILE PHOTO: People look the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 23, 2024. / REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have expressed dismay at President Donald Trump's threat to slap new tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, but they have limited power to stop him.

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT HAS TARIFF POWER? 

The U.S. Constitution gave Congress the power to set and regulate tariffs, but over the last 70 years the body has repeatedly passed laws handing that power over to the president, whether by citing national security concerns or responding to surges of imports threatening domestic industries, according to the non-partisan Congressional Research Service.

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