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Fierce Electronics

Trade Court Blocks Most Trump Tariffs; Fast Appeal Reverses For Now

May 29, 2025

(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...

Bloomberg

What You Need to Know About the Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs

May 29, 2025

(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

May 29, 2025

(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...

New York Post

Majority of Trump’s Signature Tariffs Blocked by Federal Trade Court in Sweeping Ruling

May 28, 2025

(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...

Independent Institute

Happy Liberation From Tariffs Day

May 28, 2025

(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...

Bloomberg

Trump’s Global Tariffs Deemed Illegal, Blocked by Trade Court

May 28, 2025

(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...

Courthouse News Service

Court of International Trade Blocks Trump Tariffs

May 28, 2025

(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...

Associated Press

Federal Court Blocks Trump From Imposing Sweeping Tariffs Under Emergency Powers Law

May 28, 2025

(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....

Reason

A Federal Court Just Blocked Trump’s Tariffs

May 28, 2025

(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....

The New York Times

Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel

May 28, 2025

(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...

The Canadian Press

U.S. Federal Court Rules Against Trump’s Fentanyl and ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs

May 28, 2025

(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...

The Center Square

Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs, Others

May 28, 2025

(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...

The Hill

Court of International Trade Blocks Trump’s Tariffs in Sweeping Ruling

May 28, 2025

(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...

Wall Street Journal

Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs

May 28, 2025

(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...

USA Today

Trade Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Tariffs, Ruling They Exceed Legal Authority

May 28, 2025

(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...