Truitt: Time for Transparency in Trade Policy

Policy Solutions President Jay Truitt expects the ongoing legal battle over Trump-era tariffs to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially reshaping how future administrations handle trade policy. “If I had to guess, I think the Supreme Court’s going to make them go back, make the administration go back to the starting point as well,” Truitt says the outcome could lead to more transparency and caution in tariff decisions. “It doesn’t mean that we’re not going to have a tariff structure. It does mean probably that they’re going to have to be a lot more careful, a lot more deliberate moving forward.” While past presidents have used similar authority, Truitt believes this case may finally bring legal clarity: “The reality is that we’ve had presidents for a good number of years that have actually done exactly what Donald Trump and his administration have done. Their name just wasn’t Donald Trump.”