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Environment
Eric Boehm

Trump's Attorney Concedes: His Legal Theory Would Let a President Tax Foreign Cars To Combat Climate Change

If the Supreme Court upholds President Donald Trump's sweeping emergency tariff powers, a future president could slap huge tariffs on gas-powered cars and other goods that emit carbon.

That's not speculation. It's the conclusion of the Trump administration's own attorney during Wednesday's oral argument at the Supreme Court.

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