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It took President Trump almost no time to resume his signature economic policy, raising and lowering tariffs on an almost daily basis.

NPR senior political correspondent Mara Liason is covering the political costs.

Good morning, Mara.

Good morning.

Okay, so there are already questions about whether this new move by the president is legal.

Can the president raise tariffs on his own?

Okay, so that's the international impact that you mentioned there.

Let's go domestic now.

How much does it matter that we're in a midterms year?

Okay, before I let you go, Mara, the State of the Union is on Tuesday.

What will you be listening for?

Thank you, Mara.

Many of America's trading partners are trying to make sense of the state of U.S.

tariffs.

NPR's China correspondent Jennifer Pack is in Shanghai and joins me now.

Good morning, Jennifer.

Good morning.

So what's been the reaction in China to the Supreme Court's ruling and Trump's new 15 percent tariffs?