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The Senate has agreed that no later than Oct. 31 it will be in order to discharge the Finance Committee from considering S.J.Res. 77, which would terminate the national emergency declared under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on articles imported from Canada, and S.J.Res. 81, which would take similar action with respect to tariffs on imports from Brazil. Once that occurs the Senate will proceed to consider these resolutions and vote on whether to approve them.
On Oct. 7 Sens. Wyden, D-Ore., and Paul, R-Ky. (who sponsored the two resolutions above) introduced a resolution to terminate the IEEPA emergency underlying the Trump administration’s “reciprocal” tariffs as well.
On Oct. 8 nearly two dozen House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump urging him to review his decision to impose 50 percent tariffs (a 25 percent “reciprocal” tariff and an additional 25 percent tariff related to India’s purchases of energy from Russia) on imports from India. “These punitive measures have hurt Indian manufacturers,” the letter said, “while simultaneously raising prices for American consumers and damaging the intricate supply chains that American companies depend on to bring products to market.” They have also “pushed the Indian government to increase its diplomatic and economic engagement with regimes hostile to the United States, including China and Russia.”
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