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一 | 米連邦最高裁が「関税暴走」にブレーキをかけたが不確実性はかえって大きくなった。トランプ大統領がすぐに新たな関税カードを持ち出してだ。 A former Ohio State University student-athlete is speaking out against Rep. Jim Jordan's bid for House speaker, saying Jordan "turned a blind eye" to allegations of abuse against a team doctor during his time as assistant coach for the university's wrestling team.Rocky Ratliff is now an attorney who also represents several other former OSU wrestlers in an ongoing lawsuit against the university."I think the wrestlers that I represent, not one of us, would back him for such a leadership position," Ratliff told ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis.He continued, "He's abandoned us for his own selfish reasons when he could have helped us. He's chosen not to. So that is not the good makings of any type of leadership or any type of leader that he would have put up with at Ohio State. It's just not. None of us wrestlers believe he should get that position."A spokesperson for Jordan, R-Ohio, told ABC News, "Chairman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it."The allegations of abuse were against Dr. Richard Strauss, an Ohio State team doctor and sports medicine researcher. Strauss is accused of sexually abusing at least 177 men over an 18-year period from 1979 to 1997 -- nearly his entire time at Ohio State, according to an independent report released in 2019.Investigators determined that university officials ignored nearly two decades of accusations of sexual abuse against Strauss, who killed himself in 2006 at age 67, seven years after retiring from the university.The accusations of abuse involved athletes from at least 16 sports including wrestling, hockey and swimming, and included Strauss' work at the student health center and an off-campus clinic that he founded late in his tenure, according to the report.The university removed Strauss as a school physician in 1996 after a flurry of student complaints and reported his actions to the State Medical Board of Ohio. However, the school allowed Strauss to retain his tenured faculty position while he operated an off-campus clinic, where the report says he continued to abuse students.Ohio State University has since admitted that it failed to protect students from Strauss, paying out $60 million in settlements to some 296 victims.Jordan, who was an assistant coach on the team from 1986 to 1994, came under fire in 2018 when several former OSU wrestlers took their allegations against Strauss to the media and claimed Jordan was aware of Strauss' inappropriate behavior and failed to report it. The university then announced it was opening an investigation into the allegations against Strauss.Jordan also denied knowing about the abuse when the allegations first came out in 2018.Jordan is now facing renewed scrutiny amid the ongoing battle for House speaker. After again failing to receive enough GOP support, the congressman and chair of the House Judiciary Committee was defeated a second time after a vote on Wednesday afternoon."We believe very strongly, especially all the wrestlers that were there at the time, that Jim Jordan knew what was going on," Ratliff said on Wednesday.Ratliff continued, "Jordan should come forward and tell the truth about what happened. At least meet with the guys. He's failed to do that -- to hear our side, he's failed. You know, even if you believe what Jim Jordan says, he has never once reached out to any wrestler to say, 'Hey, I missed it. I'm sorry. How are you feeling?'"ABC News' Eric Ortega, Imtiyaz Delawala, Lindsey Griswold, and Andrea Amiel contributed to this report.。

二 | トランプ大統領は21日、自身の交流サイト（SNS）を通じ「世界的関税10％を許された最大値であり法的に検証された15％水準に引き上げる」と明らかにした。米最高裁は20日にトランプ大統領が国際緊急経済権限法（IEEPA）に基づいて各国に課した相互関税措置を違法だと判決した。

三 | 最高裁が関税戦争にブレーキをかけたがトランプ大統領が方針を変える可能性は希薄だ。迂回路が十分だという判断からだ。実際にトランプ大統領は最高裁の判決後、全世界に「世界的関税10％」を課す大統領令に署名した。貿易法122条に基づいたもので、既存の相互関税を代替する性格だ。続けて関税率も法が定めた最大値である15％まで引き上げた。貿易法122条の適用期間は150日で、延長するには議会の承認を受けなければならない。トランプ大統領の立場ではひとまず150日という時間を稼いだ。

四 | 彼はこの日「今後数カ月以内に新しく法的に許される関税を決め発表するだろう」とした。関税カードをいくらでも使えるという圧迫だ。具体的に貿易法301条、通商拡大法232条などが議論される。貿易法301条は外国の不公正貿易慣行を調査した後に報復関税を課す制度だ。米通商代表部（USTR）のグリア代表も最高裁判決直後に「多くの貿易国を対象に貿易法301条に対する調査を始めるだろう」と話した。◇「25％圧迫」消えたが…「品目関税時は韓国にさらに影響」品目関税を強化する可能性もある。

五 | 特定品目の輸入が国家安全保障を脅かすと判断される時に関税を課す通商拡大法232条を活用する案だ。韓国の主力輸出品の大部分が品目関税の射程圏にある。現代経済研究院のチュ・ウォン経済研究室長は「品目関税拡大局面へ進むならば相互関税より損失が拡大しかねない」と話す。一部では肯定的な解釈も出ている。

六 | 最近韓国は対米投資遅延を理由に「関税を25％に再び引き上げる」という米国の圧力を受けていた。違法判決とともに一時的ではあるがこうした負担もまた消えた。

七 | 韓国が米国に3500億ドル規模の投資をすることにしたが、相互関税自体が無効になっただけに投資合意も無効という解釈が可能だ。

八 | ただ韓国政府は対米投資をひとまず予定通りにすることに方向を定めた。造船業や原子力潜水艦など両国の戦略的合意とかみ合っているためだ。この日青瓦台（チョンワデ、韓国大統領府）と政府与党は通商懸案点検会議を開き、「与野党が合意した通り来月9日に対米投資特別法が処理されるよう最善を尽くす」と意見を集約した。