US Trade Court Blocks Trump's Tariff Moves on Canada Imports
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 7:31 pm
A U.S. federal trade court has halted President Trump’s emergency tariff measures on imports, ruling that he exceeded his statutory authority. This legal setback puts his cross-border tariff ambitions on ice, leaving trade watchers both amused and bemused by the overreach.
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British government calls U.S Court of International Trade’s decision a ‘domestic matter’ as it scrambles to understand its implications
Global markets have fluctuated wildly since Trump announced the levies in a sweeping executive order on April 2
The decision marks the first major legal pushback to Trump's broad use of tariffs to upend global trade
La juridiction estime que seul le Congrès avait le pouvoir de les imposer.
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