NFTC launches coalition urging limits on president’s tariff powers

The National Foreign Trade Council on Wednesday announced the launch of a coalition it says will work with lawmakers to increase congressional oversight of presidential tariff authority. President Trump has used Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to slap widely opposed tariffs on steel and aluminum and has threatened to impose tariffs on auto and auto parts using the same statute. He has also imposed tariffs on Chinese goods under the auspices of Section 301 of the...