Insights: Macro

Despite the Court of International Trade (CIT) throwing out the “reciprocal” tariffs the Trump administration imposed (and subsequently suspended) via the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), National Economic Council (NEC) Director Hassett this morning said that he expects negotiations that are underway with various countries to...

IEEPA/Reciprocal Tariff Litigation

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled against President Trump’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The decision (involving two cases, V.O.S. Selections v. U.S. and Oregon v. U.S.) orders the Trump administration to cease...

Tariff Litigation

The Court of International Trade (CIT) held oral arguments in VOS Selections v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging the administration's authority to unilaterally issue tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The CIT is currently weighing whether to impose a preliminary injunction on the continued implementation of those...

Tariff Litigation

The Court of International Trade (CIT) held oral arguments in VOS Selections v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging the administration's authority to unilaterally issue tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The CIT is currently weighing whether to impose a preliminary injunction on the continued implementation of those...

House Republicans will take the final and most politically complex votes on their reconciliation bill later today in the Ways and Means (W&M) Committee (TCJA, IRA clean energy credits, other tax provisions), Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee (Medicaid, ACA, energy spending, spectrum provisions), and Agriculture Committee (food stamps/SNAP)....

Recent/upcoming developments… Treasury Secretary Bessent and USTR Greer are meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Switzerland tomorrow, which is the first formal trade discussion between the two countries since President Trump’s inauguration. Bessent has said the first step in the discussions will be over lowering tariffs. Trump posted...