White House says loss in tariff suits a ‘disaster scenario’ for trade talks

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and other Cabinet officials are warning courts considering suits over President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs that blocking the duties would eliminate U.S. leverage in trade negotiations with a host of countries. “In each case, those ongoing, delicate negotiations are premised on the ability of the President to impose tariffs under IEEPA. If the President is enjoined from exercising his authority under IEEPA to impose tariffs to address these urgent threats, the premise...