"A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that US President Donald Trump's sweeping 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful, another major legal blow to the centerpiece of the Republican president's economic agenda - which has failed to produce the manufacturing boom he repeatedly promised on the campaign trail."
"The Court of International Trade (CIT) found in a 2-to-1 ruling that Trump violated the law when he unilaterally enacted the 10% import taxes following a February decision by the US Supreme Court, which struck down tariffs the president imposed using emergency powers."
"But the CIT's ruling, which the Trump administration is expected to appeal, only barred collection of the tariffs from some of the plaintiffs in the case - including a pair of businesses and Washington state - limiting the ruling's immediate impact."
""The Supreme Court already rebuked the president's costly tariffs, but Donald Trump sees our Constitution as a mere suggestion to follow, and not the law of the land," said Larson. "As families are squeezed by sky-high grocery bills and gas prices, his latest round of tariffs is only pouring salt in the wound.""
A panel of federal judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful. The Court of International Trade found Trump violated the law by unilaterally enacting the import taxes after a February Supreme Court decision struck down tariffs imposed using emergency powers. The ruling was issued 2-to-1. The immediate effect was limited because the court barred collection of the tariffs only from some plaintiffs, including two businesses and Washington state. The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision. The ruling represents another legal setback for the tariff plan tied to the president’s economic agenda.
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