House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith said Tuesday he would "respond accordingly" if President Donald Trump's levies are overturned by the Supreme Court, but stopped short of pledging to move them through Congress.

The Republican from Missouri said he has worked with the Trump administration "hand in glove" on tariffs, and he himself has "talked with more than 20 different countries in the last two months."

"If the courts do upset the apple cart, then we're going to have to respond accordingly, that's what's appropriate and what's right," he said on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Smith's comments came just hours before the Supreme Court granted a request by the Trump administration to take up its appeal of lower court rulings.

Those rulings found that Trump overstepped his

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