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Cato Weekly Podcast • October 30, 2024 

# The Presidential Abuse of (Delegated) Tariff Powers 

Congress has broadly delegated its tariff powers to the president. There is a real risk that the legislative and judicial branches would not check a future president’s abuse of US trade law as currently written. Cato’s Clark Packard [provides details](https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/presidential-tariff-powers-need-reform).

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##### [Clark Packard](/people/clark-packard)

Research Fellow, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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