LJC In The News
Trade Court Blocks Most Trump Tariffs; Fast Appeal Reverses For Now
Author: Matt Hamblen (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....
What You Need to Know About the Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs
Authors: Erik Larson, Josh Wingrove (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...
How a Small, Family-Run Wine Company in New York Hit Back Against Donald Trump’s Tariffs
Author: Lex Harvey (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...
Majority of Trump’s Signature Tariffs Blocked by Federal Trade Court in Sweeping Ruling
Author: David Propper (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...
Happy Liberation From Tariffs Day
Author: Phillip Magness (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...
Trump’s Global Tariffs Deemed Illegal, Blocked by Trade Court
Authors: Erik Larson, Josh Wingrove (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...
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump Tariffs
Author: Ryan Knappenberger (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...
Federal Court Blocks Trump From Imposing Sweeping Tariffs Under Emergency Powers Law
Authors: Lindsay Whitehurst, Josh Boak (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...
A Federal Court Just Blocked Trump’s Tariffs
Author: Eric Boehm (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...
Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel
Authors: Tony Romm, Ana Swanson (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...
U.S. Federal Court Rules Against Trump’s Fentanyl and ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
Author: Kelly Geraldine Malone (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...
Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs, Others
Author: Brett Rowland (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...
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump’s Tariffs in Sweeping Ruling
Author: Zach Schonfeld (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...
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs
Authors: James Fanelli, Gavin Bade (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...
Trade Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Tariffs, Ruling They Exceed Legal Authority
Author: Zac Anderson (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...