CITD Engaging the World
Our team actively engages with the global landscape by participating in high-profile events, contributing to expert panels, publishing research, and collaborating with thought leaders across various disciplines. This dynamic engagement not only advances our knowledge and expertise but also fosters meaningful connections within the broader trade and development community. To access updates about our engagements follow the links below.
Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Impose Tariffs Is an Abuse of Power - Blog by Professor Jennifer Hillman, CITD co-founder
In an unprecedented move, President Trump justified the imposition of tariffs on Canada. China, and Mexico under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) based on an “extraordinary threat” from illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The problem for the president, however, is that IEEPA does not explicitly grant tariff authority at all—indeed, the words “duty” or “tariff” appear nowhere in the statute—and to the extent that it grants power to restrict imports, it requires that there be a direct connection between the action taken (here, broad-based tariffs) and a properly declared national emergency (here, migrants and fentanyl crossing the southern border). But there is no direct connection between tariffs on imports of all goods—no matter how innocent or far removed from fentanyl—and the declared national emergency.
Professor Hillman, CITD co-founder, on WITA's "Unpacking What’s Fair and Reciprocal"
On February 13, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering the development of a comprehensive plan for “reciprocal” trade relations with America’s trading partners. WITA unpacked the President’s plan; what it will mean for trade with America’s trading partners (large and small); and what it means for the multilateral trading system the U.S. helped create with the GATT and the WTO. Watch the recording of this pop-up briefing webinar to discuss the reciprocal tariffs proposal and the global implications by clicking below.
Featured Speakers:
Mark DiPlacido, Policy Advisor, American Compass
Professor Simon J. Evenett, Professor of Geopolitics & Strategy, IMD Business School
Professor Jennifer Hillman, Co-Director, Institute of International Economic Law and CITD co-founder, Georgetown University Law Center
Ambassador John K. Veroneau, Senior Counsel, Covington
Moderator: David J. Ross, Partner, Chair of International Trade, Investment and Market Access Practice, WilmerHale
Professor Hillman, CITD co-founder, discusses tariffs on Bloomberg Insights
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed additional tariffs on China as well as US neighbors Canada and Mexico. Professor Jennifer Hillman, CITD co-founder and former general counsel at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, joined Eli Lee, chief investment strategist at Bank of Singapore, for a conversation about this on Bloomberg Insights with Haslinda Amin.
November 11, 2024