Carl Talk with Warren Maruyama '76

Warren Maruyama ’76, a leading international trade lawyer and former General Counsel of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and former Associate Director for International Economic Policy on the White House staff, will try to explain (1) why the President’s tariffs represent a sea-change from post-war U.S. trade policy, (2) why the President has broad legal authority to impose tariffs even though the Constitution originally vested tariff authority in the Congress, (3) what we know about the President’s thinking and decision-making process on tariffs, (4) the President’s track record so far on tariffs and trade deals, (5) what it could mean for the economy, and (6) the issues in front of the Supreme Court in a major challenge to President Trump’s tariff authority under the International Emergency Economy Powers Act (IEEPA).