US supreme court sets date to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs

Hearing on 5 November sets up major test of the president's use of executive power to drive his economic agenda

The US supreme court will hear oral arguments on the legality of Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs on 5 November, a crucial hearing on the president's aggressive economic agenda.

The court announced earlier this month it would hear the case after a lower appeals court ruled that the US president had overstepped his authority by using a federal law meant for emergencies to impose most of his broad tariffs on the world.