Last Thursday, on the same day that Trump blitzed the world, yet again, with a new round of tariffs on a broad range of goods, a specialized appeals court in Washington, D.C., inched closer to a definitive pronouncement on whether the President can legally make such sweeping economic demands—on a whim, whenever he feels like it.

Despite the uncertainty, the White House is confident that the onset of his tariffs will provide clarity about the path for the world's largest economy. Now that companies understand the direction the U.