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Trade Court Blocks Most Trump Tariffs; Fast Appeal Reverses For Now
(Fierce Electronics)—A US trade court permanently blocked most of President Trump’s tariffs in a ruling Wednesday that his administration immediately appealed, meaning the matter could ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. On Thursday, an appeals court paused the trade court decision, reinstating the tariffs for now. The Court of...
What You Need to Know About the Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs
(Bloomberg)—The US Court of International Trade ruled May 28 that the vast majority of President Donald Trump’s tariffs were issued illegally and ordered them blocked, which would deliver a blow to a key pillar of his economic agenda. A day later, an appeals court gave Trump’s administration a temporary reprieve...
How a Small, Family-Run Wine Company in New York Hit Back Against Donald Trump’s Tariffs
(CNN)—Behind the monumental court ruling that blocked most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs is a small wine company run by a father-and-daughter duo. VOS Selections – a small, New York-based wine company – was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit which prompted a three-judge panel at the US Court...
Majority of Trump’s Signature Tariffs Blocked by Federal Trade Court in Sweeping Ruling
(New York Post)—A federal court shot down most of President Trump’s wide-reaching tariffs Wednesday, ruling the commander in chief exceeded his authority when he plowed ahead with one of his signature policies. The three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade in Manhattan assailed Trump’s actions against other countries across...
Happy Liberation From Tariffs Day
(Independent Institute)—The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) has issued a sweeping ruling against the Trump administration’s so-called “liberation day” tariff policies. The ruling holds that Trump exceeded his statutory authority by unilaterally imposing tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977. It further held that...
Trump’s Global Tariffs Deemed Illegal, Blocked by Trade Court
(Bloomberg)—The vast majority of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the US trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of his economic agenda. A panel of three judges at the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan issued a unanimous ruling Wednesday which...
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump Tariffs
(Courthouse News Service)—A Court of International Trade panel ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to levy blanket tariffs against foreign trade partners under a Nixon-era statute intended to define the executive’s role over economic transactions during a national emergency. “The question in the two cases...
Federal Court Blocks Trump From Imposing Sweeping Tariffs Under Emergency Powers Law
(Associated Press)—A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation intensifying and the economy slumping....
A Federal Court Just Blocked Trump’s Tariffs
(Reason)—The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday evening struck down President Donald Trump’s use of emergency executive powers to impose tariffs on nearly all imports. The ruling includes an injunction that immediately blocks the collection of tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977....
Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel
(New York Times)—A panel of federal judges on Wednesday blocked President Trump from imposing some of his steepest tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, finding that federal law did not grant him “unbounded authority” to tax imports from nearly every country around the world. The ruling, by the...
U.S. Federal Court Rules Against Trump’s Fentanyl and ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
(The Canadian Press)—United States President Donald Trump hit a major legal barrier for his plan to realign global trade after a federal court on Wednesday blocked both the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs and the fentanyl-related duties against Canada and Mexico. The U.S. Court of International Trade decision said Trump does...
Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs, Others
(The Center Square)—A federal court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump doesn’t have unilateral authority to impose tariffs under an emergency law, blocking tariffs that upended markets and worried businesses and consumers. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade unanimously ruled Congress did not give tariff authority...
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump’s Tariffs in Sweeping Ruling
(The Hill)—A federal court ruled Wednesday that an emergency law does not provide President Trump with unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country, blocking a series of tariff announcements dating back to February that have rattled financial markets. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade...
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs
(Wall Street Journal)—A federal trade court ruled President Trump didn’t have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually every nation, voiding the levies that have sparked a global trade war and threatened to upend the world economy. The decision on Wednesday from the Court of International Trade blocked one...
Trade Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Tariffs, Ruling They Exceed Legal Authority
(USA Today)—A federal court ruled President Donald Trump can’t use an emergency-powers law to impose tariffs on foreign countries, dealing a blow to his trade agenda. The three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade unanimously found that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, which Trump...