‘Tariffs halted India-Pakistan conflict, brought China to table’: Trump officials tell US court

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President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, as from left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall listen. (Pool via AP) Officials from US President Donald Trump’s administration have urged a court to uphold the tariff power, which the Republican leader utilised in imposing reciprocal tariffs on all its global trading partners. The Trump administration officials warned that a legal setback in the case could change the course of an “asymmetric” trade truce...