Originally published at: Trump is an Angry, Violent Man … And Canada is His Battered Wife - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Donald Trump has announced that he will impose in 30 days a new round of tariffs on Canada. Those tariffs are at best of dubious legality. They are justified under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which has quite likely been superseded by subsequent post-war trade legislation. But questions of legality, while critical, tend to…
