Golden statement on courts’ rulings over Trump tariffs

May 29, 2025 Press Release WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the
following statement in response to court
rulings today regarding emergency tariffs imposed by President Trump under
the International Economic Emergency Powers Act: “While the executive and judicial branches debate the limits of
executive authority, one thing is clear: The decades-old free-trade consensus
is a failure. It has been great for Wall Street and multinational corporations,
but a disaster for American workers, American industry and manufacturing
communities across our country. We traded good jobs and an ability to make
things ourselves for foreign investment and cheap goods produced overseas. “There is no question that Congress has the authority to step in
and start to reverse the damage. First, we should pass the BUILT USA Act , my bill to rebalance trade and reinvigorate American
manufacturing with a 10 percent global tariff — the foundation of the
president’s tariff agenda. Then, we can turn our attention to rewriting the
deeply flawed U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) and renegotiating our
trade relationship with China, which has consistently undermined our workers
and our nation’s economic strength with unfair trade practices. “It’s time for Congress to do its job.” ###