Neal Katyal, the Indian-origin lawyer who successfully challenged President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs at the US Supreme Court has now cast fresh doubt on the legality of the administration’s new 15 per cent import levy.
Katyal, a former Acting Solicitor General under Barack Obama, said it would be “hard for the President to rely on the 15 percent statute (sec 122)” after the government previously argued that the provision did not apply to trade deficits. His remarks came after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s earlier tariffs imposed under emergency powers.
