Trade and Tariffs: An Explainer

Law professor discusses the presidential authority to impose tariffs

Tariffs were originally designed to be the main producer of government to fund the young U.S. government. The power to levy tariffs was given exclusively to Congress.

Duke Law Professor Tim Meyer, an expert on trade and tariffs explains in this YouTube short video how the role of tariffs have changed over 250 years, where the president does have authority related to tariffs and what are the limits to those powers.