Julian Hinz heads the trade policy research group at the Institute for the World Economy in Kiel and is considered one of the leading trade economists in Germany.
THE TIME: Mr. Hinz, the Supreme Court of the United States has the most tariffs of Donald Trump declared unlawful. What does that mean?
Julian Hinz: A new phase of uncertainty is now beginning. The ruling initially only refers to the tariffs that Trump imposed with reference to the so-called International Emergency Economic Powers Act, an emergency law from 1977.
