A FEDERAL appeals court has reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump's tariffs, a day after a US trade court ruled that Trump had exceeded his authority and blocked them, reports Reuters.
The Washington appeals court said it was pausing the lower court's ruling to consider the government's appeal, and ordered the plaintiffs in the cases to respond by June 5 and the administration by June 9.
The US trade court threatened to kill or at least delay Trump's tariffs on imports from most US trading partners and additional tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China.
The trade court's three-judge panel ruled that the Constitution gave Congress, not the president, the power to levy taxes and tariffs, and that the president had exceeded his authority by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law intended to address threats during national emergencies.
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The Washington appeals court said it was pausing the lower court's ruling to consider the government's appeal, and ordered the plaintiffs in the cases to respond by June 5 and the administration by June 9.
The US trade court threatened to kill or at least delay Trump's tariffs on imports from most US trading partners and additional tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China.
The trade court's three-judge panel ruled that the Constitution gave Congress, not the president, the power to levy taxes and tariffs, and that the president had exceeded his authority by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law intended to address threats during national emergencies.
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