foregoneconclusion

Trump doesn't have the legal authority to levy tariffs under the IEEPA. The statute never mentions tariffs or taxes as powers that Congress intended to give to the executive branch in an emergency. Its intent was for sanctioning foreign countries, not changing trade policy domestically. And the Supreme Court has said in the Major Questions Doctrine that statutes being used by the executive branch for actions that have large scale economic and political impact need to have very specific language that supports the action being taken. 

Thatguy2 said:

USA wins yet another trade deal, and this one where everyone said china would never cave. Now 90 days to make it permanent and help our farmers with more china purchases like last time. Impressive 

Last time? Are you talking about Trump's 1st term? Farmers needed $28 billion in taxpayer funded bailouts during Trump's first term.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/01/21/trump-tariff-aid-to-farmers-cost-more-than-us-nuclear-forces/

quakerotis said:

Guilty, predatory, limiting are all ways I would describe Ap[ple and its behavior.

Apple chose to use the video game console model for its commissions. It's not like what they were doing was unprecedented. If anything, that way of doing business had been standardized for companies that made their own operating system and exclusively ran it on their own hardware. 

Video game console manufacturers charge 30% commission for games sold in their 1st party digital stores, don't allow 3rd party digital stores and also collect 30% commission on physical units sold in 3rd party retail stores. So there is a precedent for collecting commission on sales made outside the 1st party digital store. Epic has tried to claim that it's okay for consoles to do that specifically because they don't make as much profit on hardware but that is not a legal argument. There aren't any laws that control commission levels that companies can charge based on profit levels elsewhere in their business. 

LOL...the current 1000 V-Bucks price in-game is $8.99. Epic raised the price on their customers during the court battle.