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  "title": "Untested in court, Trump’s new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/untested-in-court-trumps-new-tariffs-on-canada-raise-legal-questions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T12:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
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    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump invoked a little-known 96-year-old statute to impose a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, sparking a trade war and straining relations between the two nations. Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot-Hawley Act, has never been tested in court, leaving its legality uncertain. Lawyers argue that the Depression-era law may be outdated due to more recent trade laws.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON (AP) — In firing up a trade war with Canada, President Donald Trump turned to a 96-year-old statute so obscure that many trade lawyers didn’t even know it was still on the books. A week ago, Trump invoked Section…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/white-house-teleprompter-operator-who-placed-bets-on-trumps-speeches",
        "published": "2026-08-29T14:19:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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