A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.
Key claim: Joint resolution SJRES88 would terminate the April 2, 2025 national emergency that imposed a 10% tariff on most U.S. imports and additional duties on specified trading partners.
Abstract
(SJRES88 · 119th Congress) This joint resolution terminates the national emergency declared by President Donald J. Trump on April 2, 2025, which imposed a 10% tariff on most imports to the United States and additional duties on specified trading partners. Latest action (2025-10-31): Held at the desk.
Why this matters
SJRES88 is a direct congressional check on the executive’s use of IEEPA national-emergency authority to impose broad import tariffs, and if enacted would remove the 10% baseline duty on most U.S. imports plus additional country-specific duties — materially affecting importer costs, exporter market access via retaliation exposure, and downstream consumer prices. Even without passage, its introduction signals the political viability of legislative rollback and sets a marker for future challenges to emergency-based trade measures.