A U.S. trade court blocked Trump’s tariffs May 28, but the president quickly appealed.
White House appeals court rulings prohibiting Trump tariffs
The White House filed an appeal on court rulings prohibiting President Donald Trump from implementing his global tariff plan.
President Donald Trump’s administration can continue to levy tariffs while challenging a court decision blocking him from doing so, an appeals court ruled.
The May 29 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit means Trump will still be able to wield his chief economic tool in the short term. It comes a day after the United States Court of International Trade invalidated his use of the the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to levy tariffs.
The May 28 trade court ruling was setback Trump’s economic agenda, but the administration quickly appealed and won at least a temporary reprieve.
The surprise ruling by the trade court had threatened to kill or at least delay the imposition of Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on most U.S. trading partners, as well as import levies on goods from Canada, Mexico and China related to his accusation that the three countries were facilitating the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.
Contributing: Reuters
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