Trump wants to declare 'national economic emergency' to justify campaign promise: report

President-elect Donald Trump is looking for a way to legally justify his plan to impose huge trade tariffs on goods coming into the United States, according to a new CNN report.

CNN cited four anonymous sources saying that Trump may be intent on declaring a "national economic emergency" in order to accomplish this goal.

"The declaration would allow Trump to construct a new tariff program by using the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, known as 'IEEPA,' which unilaterally...