Customs are still valid for the time being
An appellate court has that of one Blockade of almost all tariffs from US President Donald Trump For the time being, lifted. The court is now checking the case, it said in an order. The parties are asked to submit further statements, it said. Trump’s government had previously been legally opposed to the decision of the Court of International Trade in New York, which almost all the tariffs of the Republican had declared illegal.
Court had declared Trump’s US tariffs illegally, citing an emergency
The New York court had denied Trump’s government to impose far -reaching tariffs, citing an emergency law. The relevant tariffs would « be lifted and their application would be permanently prohibited, » the court ordered. The decision referred to almost all tariffs issued by Trump’s government.
It includes the penalty taxes that the Republican had imposed on the « Day of Liberation » he described in early April. At that time he ordered so -called mutual tariffs, which he founded with the trade deficit of the respective trading partner – but temporarily resolved them because of the descent at the financial markets. At the same time, he imposed on universal tariffs of 10 percent that affect almost all over the world. Certain tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are also affected.
If the decision was a big setback for Trump’s aggressive trade policy, the order of the Court of Appeal is now a first success for the US president – but not final. The legal dispute over this is likely to take the way through the instances. It is also not the only ongoing legal dispute over Trump’s tariffs.
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US government criticizes judicial « abuse of power »
The White House had reacted to the first decision with sharp criticism. The judges of the commercial court « shamelessly misused their judicial power to seize President Trump’s decision-making power, » said Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in the US capital Washington. Trump’s reason for the introduction of the high tariffs is « legally flawless » and is based on common sense, she claimed. The government spokeswoman also optimistic to win the case in court. (dpa)
