They include Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who recently introduced a bill with Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner that would require congressional approval to impose trade restrictions for national security reasons. "It is not impossible for there to be a very good reason to use trade measures in response to a genuine national security threat," Toomey told reporters after introducing the bill. Ohio Republican Sen. Others argue that Congress delegated such powers to the White House because the President needs to have a degree of autonomy to make key trade decisions. "Because you have to be more agile and nimble than this Congress can be on something like that."

Source: CNN February 05, 2019 14:26 UTC