USTR Greer says IEEPA tariffs are most appropriate for US trade challenges

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are the "most appropriate" remedies to the trade situations that the U.S. faces, despite Supreme Court challenges to them.

Greer told a forum in Davos, Switzerland that there were other options to impose new tariffs if the Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs, but declined to discuss them.

"The president chose to use IEEPA because it is the most appropriate to the situations we're facing," Greer said. "For the emergency like the trade deficit, for emergencies related to national security, it's the most appropriate. So if we aren't allowed to use that, there are other tools we can use, certainly, but IEEPA is the most appropriate."