authorize
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State Department authorize nonemergency U.S. government personnel and their family members to leave Israel “due to safety risks,” which weren’t specified.
From MarketWatch
Another clause authorizes the President to cut tariffs if a U.S. trade surplus creates “fundamental international payments problems.”
However, analysis from the Climate Action Center of Excellence, a Doha-based initiative that helps countries prepare for Article 6, seen by WSJ Pro Sustainable Business, indicates numerous countries will struggle to authorize further credits.
Here, they held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which authorizes the president to “regulate” the “importation” of goods, doesn’t encompass the power to impose tariffs.
“IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,” the ruling reads.
From Salon
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