Lori Wallach
@wallachlori.bsky.social
Director @ Rethink Trade | #WTO #NAFTA #ISDS #supplychainmess 💗 trade justice 🚫 hyperglobalization, corporate-rigged trade deals, Big Tech monopolies | www.rethinktrade.org
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Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases challenging Pres Trump's broad tariff authority. Catch up w/ highlights from the 2+ hour session & hints of where the SCrt may be headed in my thread👇This is a very consequential case. Tariff rates are the least of it!
Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for raising awareness about Trump’s lopsided America Last China “trade deal.” Yes to a Manhattan Project on rare earths. The minerals are not so rare as far as where they are located, but they require intense processing. We must improve/stand up that capacity.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for raising awareness about Trump’s lopsided America Last China “trade deal.” Yes to a Manhattan Project on rare earths. The minerals are not so rare as far as where they are located, but they require intense processing. We must improve/stand up that capacity.
Please share your theory: Why did Trump announce beef 🥩and tomato🍅tariff cuts when 99% of US🍅imports and 42% of🥩are from Mexico or Canada and ALREADY DUTY FREE under USMCA? Argentine beef is another 25% import share and ALREADY HAD TARIFFS CUT. So why cut PHANTOM TARIFFS? 1/
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Please share your theory: Why did Trump announce beef 🥩and tomato🍅tariff cuts when 99% of US🍅imports and 42% of🥩are from Mexico or Canada and ALREADY DUTY FREE under USMCA? Argentine beef is another 25% import share and ALREADY HAD TARIFFS CUT. So why cut PHANTOM TARIFFS? 1/
Larry Summers — not just wrong and immoral on economics and trade…
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Larry Summers — not just wrong and immoral on economics and trade…
And POTUS again shreds his lawyer's key claim in SupCrt tariff case:
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And POTUS again shreds his lawyer's key claim in SupCrt tariff case:
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases challenging Pres Trump's broad tariff authority. Catch up w/ highlights from the 2+ hour session & hints of where the SCrt may be headed in my thread👇This is a very consequential case. Tariff rates are the least of it!
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases challenging Pres Trump's broad tariff authority. Catch up w/ highlights from the 2+ hour session & hints of where the SCrt may be headed in my thread👇This is a very consequential case. Tariff rates are the least of it!
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Good thread about supreme court arguments RE: Trump tariff power over reach case.
And, with that, the oral arguments WRAP.
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good thread about supreme court arguments RE: Trump tariff power over reach case.
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OUT NOW: What’s at Stake in Trump's Supreme Court Tariff Case by @wallachlori.bsky.social on the Economic Populist via @econliberties.bsky.social.
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What’s at Stake in Trump's Supreme Court Tariff Case
A ruling in Trump’s favor would be a more dramatic expansion of presidential power than all the previous extra grants of power the Supreme Court has given him
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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
OUT NOW: What’s at Stake in Trump's Supreme Court Tariff Case by @wallachlori.bsky.social on the Economic Populist via @econliberties.bsky.social.
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SCOTUS is hearing case against Trump's tariffs. Listen along! I'll offer some thoughts as we go along.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SCOTUS is hearing case against Trump's tariffs. Listen along! I'll offer some thoughts as we go along.
bsky.app/profile/todd...
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
t.co
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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While you await results, we already have them! On this episode of Organized Money we talk about what candidates have been focused on in the elections, from affordability & electric bills to data centers.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
The Election And Tariffs At The Supreme Court
This week we talk election Tuesday and how odd year politics can influence future electoral politicking. And then the battle over tariffs between the Executive, Congress and the Supreme Court.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
While you await results, we already have them! On this episode of Organized Money we talk about what candidates have been focused on in the elections, from affordability & electric bills to data centers.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
Reposted by Lori Wallach
LIVE IN 30 MINUTES: Rethink Trade’s @wallachlori.bsky.social joins WBUR's @wbur.org to break down what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariff authority.
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
LIVE IN 30 MINUTES: Rethink Trade’s @wallachlori.bsky.social joins WBUR's @wbur.org to break down what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariff authority.
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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NOW: Rethink Trade's @wallachlori.bsky.social is up next:
LIVE IN 30 MINUTES: Rethink Trade’s @wallachlori.bsky.social joins WBUR's @wbur.org to break down what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariff authority.
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Connecticut Public | Media for the curious | Connecticut Public
WNPR radio & WNPR News online are Connecticut's public-media source for NPR, local news/talk programs and news, arts, health, politics, education, and business
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NOW: Rethink Trade's @wallachlori.bsky.social is up next:
Sharing my thoughts on @rushdoshi.bsky.social's take on the Trump–Xi deal here too.
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sharing my thoughts on @rushdoshi.bsky.social's take on the Trump–Xi deal here too.
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
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ICYMI: Lori Wallach joined Bloomberg to break down what’s at stake in next week's SCOTUS oral arguments about Trump's tariff authorities.
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI: Lori Wallach joined Bloomberg to break down what’s at stake in next week's SCOTUS oral arguments about Trump's tariff authorities.
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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Last week, former NSC China Director Rush Doshi walked us through how China's announcement of rare-earth export controls in early October was an escalating form of geopolitical leverage.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Last week, former NSC China Director Rush Doshi walked us through how China's announcement of rare-earth export controls in early October was an escalating form of geopolitical leverage.
Check out my latest podcast: A Chinese rare earths/magnet cut off can derail the global economy - and affect you directly. Years of planning led to China's near-monopoly. Rare earths are not rare/lucrative, but control over processing = major geopolitical power says @rushdoshi.bsky.social 1/
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Check out my latest podcast: A Chinese rare earths/magnet cut off can derail the global economy - and affect you directly. Years of planning led to China's near-monopoly. Rare earths are not rare/lucrative, but control over processing = major geopolitical power says @rushdoshi.bsky.social 1/
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I just listened to this and hoooly shit. again I do not know much here, but it seems UTTERLY BONKERS to me that the US not only allowed but directly facilitated China's near-monopoly on materials we rely on to this extent. and they 100% have the cheeto's number, too. this is not a good situation D:
Please listen to @rushdoshi.bsky.social on Rethinking Trade
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October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I just listened to this and hoooly shit. again I do not know much here, but it seems UTTERLY BONKERS to me that the US not only allowed but directly facilitated China's near-monopoly on materials we rely on to this extent. and they 100% have the cheeto's number, too. this is not a good situation D:
Please listen to @rushdoshi.bsky.social on Rethinking Trade
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October 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Please listen to @rushdoshi.bsky.social on Rethinking Trade
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On Rethinking Trade, @rushdoshi.bsky.social breaks down what this means and what the U.S. must do next.
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On Rethinking Trade, @rushdoshi.bsky.social breaks down what this means and what the U.S. must do next.
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
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China’s move to restrict global access to rare earths and magnets could be cataclysmic — the one-year “pause” announced Sunday doesn’t remove the leverage.
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
China’s move to restrict global access to rare earths and magnets could be cataclysmic — the one-year “pause” announced Sunday doesn’t remove the leverage.
Congratulations to Roxanne Brown, an outstandingly smart and strategic labor leader, on her election to lead the United Steelworkers union & congratulations to the whole USW membership for choosing a visionary leader and relentless fighter for working people to be your president!
OUT NOW: Rethink Trade Director Lori Wallach congratulates Roxanne Brown on her election as International President of the United Steelworkers.
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Press Release: Rethink Trade Congratulates Roxanne Brown on Election as International President of the United Steelworkers Union
Washington, D.C. — In response to the announcement today of the results of the United Steelworkers’ (USW) leadership elections, Lori Wallach, Director of the Rethink Trade program at the American…
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October 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Congratulations to Roxanne Brown, an outstandingly smart and strategic labor leader, on her election to lead the United Steelworkers union & congratulations to the whole USW membership for choosing a visionary leader and relentless fighter for working people to be your president!
Wait, isn’t there a Michael Moore film about a US president with bad approval ratings who is desperate to change the subject by vilifying 🇨🇦?
Trump announced he is cutting off all trade talks over a tv ad from Canada he dislikes - really. [1 / 2]
Trump announced he is cutting off all trade talks over a tv ad from Canada he dislikes - really. [1 / 2]
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Wait, isn’t there a Michael Moore film about a US president with bad approval ratings who is desperate to change the subject by vilifying 🇨🇦?
Trump announced he is cutting off all trade talks over a tv ad from Canada he dislikes - really. [1 / 2]
Trump announced he is cutting off all trade talks over a tv ad from Canada he dislikes - really. [1 / 2]
Great thread.
There’s a lot of confusion about the de minimis trade loophole being closed & related Customs rules. Especially after a story re. UPS trashing incoming packages & online misinfo that “paperwork backlogs” caused this, which is wrong. Here's what's actually going on:
There’s a lot of confusion about the de minimis trade loophole being closed & related Customs rules. Especially after a story re. UPS trashing incoming packages & online misinfo that “paperwork backlogs” caused this, which is wrong. Here's what's actually going on:
Matt Stoller on X: "@dieworkwear @selise Ok, I'm back. I have been trying to actually understand your own framework so I can look at your logic as a whole. I don't see a ton of consistency. You wrote: "Certain clothes are prone to becoming commodities, such as white t-shirts, because the construction is relatively" / X
@dieworkwear @selise Ok, I'm back. I have been trying to actually understand your own framework so I can look at your logic as a whole. I don't see a ton of consistency. You wrote
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October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Great thread.
There’s a lot of confusion about the de minimis trade loophole being closed & related Customs rules. Especially after a story re. UPS trashing incoming packages & online misinfo that “paperwork backlogs” caused this, which is wrong. Here's what's actually going on:
There’s a lot of confusion about the de minimis trade loophole being closed & related Customs rules. Especially after a story re. UPS trashing incoming packages & online misinfo that “paperwork backlogs” caused this, which is wrong. Here's what's actually going on:
Reposted by Lori Wallach
Lori Wallach unpacks the issues and arguments here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
U.S. Supreme Court Sets Speedy Hearing on Challenge to Broad Trump Tariff Authority: Unpacking the Issues & Arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a very speedy schedule to hear a case that combines several different challenges of President Trump’s authority to impose his broadest tariffs.
rethinktrade.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Lori Wallach unpacks the issues and arguments here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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⚠️ Trump is signaling he may appear for the Nov. 5 oral arguments in the SCOTUS tariff case.
If the Court okays using IEEPA as a catch-all tariff authority, it would effectively thrash a core constitutional check and balance at Congress’s expense.
If the Court okays using IEEPA as a catch-all tariff authority, it would effectively thrash a core constitutional check and balance at Congress’s expense.
U.S. Supreme Court Sets Speedy Hearing on Challenge to Broad Trump Tariff Authority: Unpacking the Issues & Arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a very speedy schedule to hear a case that combines several different challenges of President Trump’s authority to impose his broadest tariffs.
rethinktrade.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
⚠️ Trump is signaling he may appear for the Nov. 5 oral arguments in the SCOTUS tariff case.
If the Court okays using IEEPA as a catch-all tariff authority, it would effectively thrash a core constitutional check and balance at Congress’s expense.
If the Court okays using IEEPA as a catch-all tariff authority, it would effectively thrash a core constitutional check and balance at Congress’s expense.