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A divided United States appeals court has decided that many of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, challenging the Republican president’s use of the levies as a primary international economic strategy.
The court permitted the tariffs to stay effective until 14 October to allow the Trump administration time to appeal to the US Supreme Court.
This ruling occurs as a legal dispute over the Federal Reserve’s independence also appears to be headed to the Supreme Court, setting the stage for an extraordinary legal confrontation this year over Trump’s complete economic policy.

The tariffs have provided the Trump administration with leverage to secure economic concessions from trading partners but have also added to financial market volatility.

A ‘total disaster’
Trump lamented the decision by what he called a “highly partisan” court, posting on Truth Social: “If these tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the country”.
He nonetheless predicted a reversal, saying he expected tariffs to benefit the country “with the help of the Supreme Court”.

The 7-4 verdict from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington DC evaluated the legality of what Trump refers to as “reciprocal” tariffs enacted as part of his trade war in April, along with a separate set of tariffs enforced in February against China, Canada, and Mexico.

Democratic presidents appointed six judges in the majority and two judges who dissented, while Republican presidents appointed one judge in the majority and two dissenters.
The court’s decision does not impact tariffs issued under other legal authority, such as Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Trump justified both sets of tariffs — as well as more recent levies — under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which gives the president the power to address “unusual and extraordinary” threats during national emergencies.
“The statute bestows significant authority on the president to undertake a number of actions in response to a declared national emergency, but none of these actions explicitly include the power to impose tariffs, duties, or the like, or the power to tax,” the court said.

“It appears unlikely that Congress intended, when enacting IEEPA, to deviate from its previous practice and bestow the president with unlimited authority to impose tariffs.”

The 1977 law had historically been used for imposing sanctions on enemies or freezing their assets. Trump, the first president to use IEEPA to impose tariffs, says the measures were justified given trade imbalances, declining US manufacturing power and the cross-border flow of drugs.
Trump’s Department of Justice has argued that the law allows tariffs under emergency provisions that authorise a president to “regulate” imports or block them completely.
Trump declared a national emergency in April over the fact that the US imports more than it exports, as the nation has done for decades. Trump said the persistent trade deficit was undermining US manufacturing capability and military readiness.

Trump stated the February tariffs against China, Canada, and Mexico were justified because those nations were not doing enough to prevent illegal fentanyl from entering US borders — a claim the countries have rejected.
There was little reaction to the ruling in after-hours stock trading.
Trump is also locked in a legal battle to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, potentially ending the central bank’s independence.
The 6-3 conservative majority Supreme Court has issued a series of rulings favouring Trump’s second term agenda. But it has also in recent years been hostile to expansive interpretations of old statutes to provide presidents newly-found powers.
The appeals court ruling stems from two cases — one brought by five small US businesses and the other by 12 Democratic-led US states, which argued that IEEPA does not authorise tariffs.
The Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the authority to issue taxes and tariffs, and any delegation of that authority must be both explicit and limited, according to the lawsuits.
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