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Congress may grant President new 100% tariff authority

Congress is poised to grant the President new, explicit authority to impose tariffs, potentially up to 100%, on major energy importers. This proposed legislation, part of a bill focused on Russia sanctions, aims to bypass the legal challenges and ambiguities that have plagued previous tariff actions by the Trump administration. The new authority would provide a more legally robust tool for imposing import taxes, with fewer constraints on the executive branch. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses potential new legislation that would grant significant new executive authority related to trade policy. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Congress may grant President new 100% tariff authority

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  1. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Neil Irwin ·

    Trump may get a big, new tariff authority

    <p>A legal cat-and-mouse game has played out over whether the president can use various obscure, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/10/trump-tariffs-trade-court" target="_blank">untested provisions</a> to impose tariffs. Now, Congress appears on track to give him a big, new —…