1 month ago
Sat Aug 30, 2025 11:59pm PST
I've been watching the market chaos from constant tariff announcements and wondering if this makes institutional sense.
Constitutionally, Congress controls tariffs, but decades of delegation mean a president can unilaterally reshape global supply chains with one signature. We've seen US tariff rates jump from 2.5% to 27% in just months, bypassing normal regulatory review.
A single executive decision can affect millions of jobs and trigger international retaliation, while businesses scramble to adapt to policy uncertainty that changes faster than legal challenges can resolve.
Should policies with trillion-dollar economic impacts require more institutional checks and balances? How do other major economies handle trade decisions - do they have better frameworks?
For those in international business: how are you adapting to this level of policy uncertainty?