Tim Kaine

Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of Donald Trump’s tariff plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the levies on Canada. Republicans have watched with some unease as the president’s attempts to remake global trade have sent the stock market downward, but they have so far stood by Trump’s on-again-off-again threats to levy taxes on imported goods. Even as the resolution from Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia offered them a potential off-ramp to the tariffs levied on Canadian imports, Republican leaders were trying to keep senators in line by focusing on fentanyl that comes into the U.S. over its northern border. Kaine’s resolution — expected to go to a vote as early as Tuesday — challenges Trump’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, to declare an emergency at the northern border in order to hit Canada with tariffs. 

Associated Press – A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada is testing Republican support