Economy
26 Days After the Supreme Court Killed His Tariffs, Trump Dropped a Nuclear Option Called 'Investigating 16 Countries at Once'
The Supreme Court struck down IEEPA tariffs as unconstitutional, blowing a $1.6 trillion revenue hole in Trump's trade agenda. Twenty-six days later, the administration pulled out an entirely different legal weapon — Section 301 — and aimed it at 16 countries simultaneously. If this works, American trade policy gets rewritten. If it fails, the 'tariff-free Trump era' begins.