Scott Lincicome on Where the Trump Tariff Wars Are Going Next

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Donald Trump's "emergency" tariffs, will the government refund the billions of dollars it unlawfully collected? And as Trump turns to other tariff authorities, how much will he be limited by the guardrails written into those laws? The Cato Institute’s trade expert Scott Lincicome discusses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.4	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. President Trump responds to the
0:40.5	Supreme Court's ruling, striking down his emergency tariffs by calling conservative justices
0:45.5	fools and lap dogs, as his administration cites a different trade law to impose a 15% global
0:52.8	tariff. Where are these Trump trade wars going next? And what about
0:56.8	refunds for the billions in import taxes already unlawfully collected? Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson
1:03.1	with the Wall Street Journal. We're joined today for a special edition of Potomac Watch by Scott
1:08.5	Linsacombe, the vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute
1:12.7	think tank, and before that, a practicing attorney in international trade law.
1:18.1	Scott, your latest writing in the journal's opinion pages is under the headline.
1:22.1	It's the end of the beginning of the tariff war, unquote.
1:26.3	And let's start with a piece of President Trump's response
1:28.9	on Friday to the Supreme Court's six-three decision. They're very unpatriotic and disloyal to our
1:34.3	Constitution. It's my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political
1:41.2	movement that is far smaller than people would ever think. It's a small
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