Chuck Schumer pushes for vote on Corker amendment to rein in Trump’s tariff authority

Published June 12, 2018 7:44pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on the Republican majority to bring an amendment backed by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., for a vote on the Senate floor that would congressional authority to check any trade decisions.

Corker’s amendment would require congressional approval when the president aims to enact tariffs in the name of national security. President Trump did just that recently by slapping steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union.

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