Trump trade advisor Navarro issues stark warning to high court ahead of ruling on trade

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro issued a stark warning Monday (September 1) saying the fate of the United States rests in the U.S. Supreme Court's hands.

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A US appeals court ruled most Trump-era tariffs illegal, prompting a Supreme Court appeal over emergency powers.
Officials claim the ruling could severely impact US economic policy and national security, especially on fentanyl imports.
Trump imposed tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, escalating trade tensions despite India's growing energy role.

The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on President Donald Trump's use of a 1977 emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on most trading partners,

"This case is arguably the single most important economic case that has ever come before the Supreme Court," Navarro told reporters outside the White House on Monday.

"If the lower court's ruling is upheld, President Trump has correctly said that will be the end of the United States, " Navarro said.

A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key economic policy tool. The court allowed the tariffs to remain in place through October 14 to give the Trump administration a chance to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

The 7-4 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., addressed the legality of what Trump calls "reciprocal" tariffs imposed as part of his trade war in April, as well as a separate set of tariffs imposed in February against China, Canada and Mexico aimed at halting imports of fentanyl.

Navarro also weighed on on India after the U.S. has targeted India for its Russian oil purchases, with President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on Indian exports to the U.S. to discourage the country's crude buying.

India has emerged as the largest buyer of Russian seaborne oil. The country has taken advantage discounts for the oil as Russia sought new buyers after European countries and the U.S. shunned purchases and imposed sanctions on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.