Reported claim

“The Trump administration based new tariffs on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which empowers the US Trade Representative to investigate foreign government practices deemed unjustified, discriminatory, or restrictive of US trade and impose tariffs or import restrictions.”

Strengthened after Al Jazeera Arabic reported it.

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