According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the US Supreme Court will review the comprehensive tariff policies of President Donald Trump and his administration on Nov. 5 local time and hear related arguments. Trump has explicitly stated that he will not attend these arguments.
Trump: Will Not Attend
As reported by CNBC, Trump had earlier indicated that he would attend the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the 5th, stating that if he loses this legal battle, "we will become a weak, troubled, and fiscally chaotic nation for many, many years to come."
The report notes that this case will determine the fate of many of his tariff policies.
However, on Nov. 2 local time, Trump posted on the social media platform "Truth Social," stating, "I will not go to the Court on Wednesday (Nov. 5) because I do not want to distract from this important decision."
The Key to the Debate: A 50-Year-Old Act
The Hill points out that the core issue in this case is whether Trump can use emergency powers to justify his global tariffs, as he attempted to reshape global trade—an unprecedented expansion of executive power.
Analysis suggests that the legal basis for much of Trump's tariff plans is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), passed in 1977, which grants the president the power to "regulate" imports under certain emergency circumstances.
In August 1971, Richard Nixon temporarily imposed a 10% tariff based on nearly identical provisions in the Trading with the Enemy Act, the predecessor of the IEEPA. An appeals court ultimately upheld Nixon's move in the "United States v. Yoshida International Inc." case.
Before Trump, no U.S. president had used this act to impose tariffs, so the Supreme Court has never ruled on this issue. Therefore, the analysis believes that the outcome of this ruling may depend on how the justices view a decision dating back to the era of former President Nixon.
Prospects: Tariffs Unlikely to Vanish Easily
Regarding the upcoming ruling, Reuters analyzed the prospects of the debate under the title "Supreme Court Cannot Stop All of Trump's Tariffs."
The report argues that as the debate takes place, U.S. businesses, trade lawyers, and economists are gradually realizing that, regardless of the court's ruling, Trump's tariffs will not easily disappear.
First, the Supreme Court currently has a 6-3 conservative majority and has already sided with Trump in multiple major cases in 2025 alone.
The US Treasury Secretary also directly stated that they expect the Supreme Court to uphold the IEEPA tariffs. However, if overturned, the U.S. government will turn to other legal authorizations.
The report points out that regardless of the Supreme Court's decision, the Trump administration has built a tariff system with multiple pathways and legal bases.
OTC Industrial Technologies, a U.S. manufacturer of factory equipment, has long sourced components from low-cost countries. However, Trump's tariff offensive against numerous trade partners has completely disrupted the supply chain plans of the company's CEO, Bill Canady.
Canady stated that although their business has been trying to avoid the impact of tariff policies globally, they found during the continuous relocation process that "tariffs in these countries are now just as high, or even higher." He expressed helplessness, saying, "We can only grit our teeth, find a way to persevere, and avoid bankruptcy in the short term."
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