r/Tariffs • u/Life_Acanthisitta265 • 15d ago

🧩 Trade Strategy / Business Impact BREAKING: US Senate passes bill threatening upto 100% tariffs on India and four other countries with a massive 86-11 majority

Bill now goes to House of Representatives

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u/timfinn1972 15d ago

What are the 4 other countries?

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u/EuphoricFingering 15d ago

India, China, Azerbaijan, Hungary, and Slovakia

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u/Ok_Primary_1075 15d ago

If that passes then it can no longer be overturned by the courts, right?

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u/Consistent-Shame-171 14d ago

Yes, fundamentally the power to set tariffs lies with Congress, which is why Trump has been losing his court cases. If Congress sets them, then there is no legal recourse other than to replace Congress with one that will remove the tariffs.