U.S. senators push back against ‘fake emergency’ Trump relied on to justify Canadian tariffs

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine is leading a challenge to the White House’s justification for imposing tariffs on goods from Canada, arguing that the Trump administration created a “fake emergency” over Canadian fentanyl as a means to bypass congressional oversight.The 2016 Democratic nominee for vice-president is forcing a Senate vote in a bid to block the powers President Donald Trump invoked when he declared a national emergency at the northern border on Feb. 1. In his executive order, Mr. Trump said the flow of illicit drugs from Canada constituted an “unusual and extraordinary threat” requiring expanded executive authority to impose tariffs.