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London Trade Talks and Executive Tariff Authority: Legal Boundaries in U.S.-China Economic Policy
Executive Tariff Authority: The June 2025 London discussions between U.S. and Chinese officials seek to reinvigorate a Geneva-brokered framework addressing export restrictions on critical materials and easing tariff measures, yet underlying mistrust endures. At the same time, U.S. courts are evaluating the administration’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose broad tariffs, raising deep constitutional questions about separation of powers. These concurrent developments highlight tensions between executive discretion in trade policy, Congress’s constitutional role in tariff-setting, and international obligations under the World Trade Organization. Central concerns include whether emergency statutes intended for discrete national crises can lawfully justify sweeping import duties; how judicial rulings affect executive leverage in negotiations; and the broader effects on supply chains, inflation, and global economic stability.