Trump started hiking tariffs on Chinese goods shortly after his return to the White House. China ultimately responded with tariffs of its own. Tensions escalated, with tariff rates hitting the triple digits, before a trade truce in May.

Companies, consumers and foreign countries have been paying close attention to President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy of placing tariffs on foreign goods. Soon, the courts will weigh in on whether Trump has the power to levy those tariffs in the first place — a high-stakes legal battle that will either affirm a key pillar of Trump’s economic policy or cut it off at the knees.