Trump Tariffs Back On After Appeals Court Slams Brakes On Trade Court’s Ban

New York Post

A federal appeals court put the brakes Thursday on a lower court order that overturned most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

A full 11-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed the order by the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade while a White House appeal is heard.

The Court of International Trade had ruled that Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by imposing a 10% flat duty rate on dozens of countries around the world — as well as 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 20% tariffs on China in response to illegal fentanyl trafficking.

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  • Unassigned

    Don’t worry, TACO Don will back down on the moronic counterproductive tariffs soon enough. 4D chess? Hah, he’s not even playing checkers, it’s basically tic-tac-toe . . . and he still loses.

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