White House senior trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro discusses President Donald Trump’s economic agenda and the Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs on ‘Mornings with Maria.’
A top member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet warned on Wednesday that the US economy faces a dire future at the hands of the Supreme Court as it prepares to discuss emergency tax cuts.
“If the Supreme Court wants to support tariffs, it’s going to be on the right side of the law this time,” senior trade and manufacturing consultant Peter Navarro said on “Mornings with Maria.”
“We are in a dangerous situation, and the Supreme Court – it helps to remind them of it. I mean, we don’t have strong, secure supply chains that will protect us in times of conflict,” he continued. “And our economic security is at great risk right now because of it.”
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Expected to announce a decision in January, the judges will hear two cases that Trump has called “life or death” for the US, forcing the country’s highest court to face how far the president can go in reorienting American trade policy.
The Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision in January on President Trump’s use of emergency taxes. (Getty Images)
Suits, Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. VOS Selections Inc., brought in by an educational toy manufacturer and buyer from a wine and spirits family that challenges Trump’s pricing.
Both cases address an important question: whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) gave the president the authority to impose tariffs, or whether that measure crossed constitutional lines.
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“Of course, it is a national emergency that China is killing us with fentanyl … I, for many years, have spoken about the damaging effect of our lack of trade on our national security by removing our base of manufacturing and defense industries. Therefore, the Supreme Court has all the facts in front of it,” said Navarro. “It would be a surprising denial, especially given the incredible success of the policies.”
He also said Trump-era tariffs have brought “billions and billions” of dollars into the economy and allowed the administration to negotiate “better deals” that improve national security.
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“The issue is, how can we better defend ourselves against global mercantilism?” Navarro stopped. “Of all the countries in the world, it’s our biggest trading partners that we have the biggest deficits. It’s like fingerprints. They’re all strangling us in their own ways.”
“President Trump is doing everything in his power to bring those jobs and industries to the coast. It’s taking time, but the things happening now all point in the direction of a strong, secure America – if President Trump can continue to use tariffs as a national security measure under the IEEPA.”
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Amanda Macias of FOX Business contributed to this report.
