President Trump’s tariffs policy suffers a legal setback. A federal trade court has blocked the president from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. The White House has argued that trade deficits amount to a national emergency. The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based Court of International Trade came after […]
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Federal court blocks Trump’s global import tariffs
President Trump’s tariffs policy suffers a legal setback. A federal trade court has blocked the president from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. The White House has argued that trade deficits amount to a national emergency. The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based Court of International Trade came after several lawsuits argued Donald Trump has exceeded his authority. The Trump administration has filed an appeal.