In the United States, the court found Trump's duties illegal. What the media is writing
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The American Court of International Trade ruled that the administration of US President Donald Trump is obliged to block most of the imposed import duties. The ruling affects tariffs of 30% against China, duties of 25% on some goods from Mexico and Canada, and universal duties of 10% on most imports. What the world's media write about this decision is in the Izvestia digest.
NYT: Federal Judicial Panel finds Trump's duties illegal
The US Federal Court for International Trade has ruled that the import duties imposed by US President Donald Trump are illegal and blocked most of them. The Judicial Commission noted that federal law did not grant Trump unlimited authority to tax imports from virtually every country in the world. The court's ruling undermined the main lever of influence of the US president: Trump seeks to put pressure on other countries to conclude trade deals that are more beneficial to the United States.
NYT
Before Trump took office, no president had tried to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to impose duties on other countries. This law primarily concerns trade embargoes and sanctions, and it does not even mention duties. But Trump interpreted his authority in his own way when he announced and then suspended the high levies on [imports] from dozens of countries in April.
The court found that Trump's duties exceed any authority granted to the president by the Emergency Powers Act. In ruling on individual cases brought by states and businesses, a bipartisan panel of three judges essentially declared that many, but not all, of Trump's tariffs were imposed illegally.
CNN: US court blocks most of Trump's tariffs
A federal court has ruled that Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing high tariffs that increased the cost of imports for everyone from giant corporations to ordinary Americans.
CNN
But the administration immediately appealed the decision on Wednesday evening, leaving consumers and companies in limbo and potentially prolonging the fight to maintain Trump's import duties — and possibly reshaping the global economy.
The lawsuit was filed in April by the Libertarian human rights organization Liberty Justice Center on behalf of wine seller VOS Selections and four other businesses, who claimed that the tariffs had caused them serious damage. The Judicial Commission made the decision unanimously. Against this background, stock futures rose. Thus, the Dow Jones index rose by almost 500 points, or 1.1%. The futures of the S&P 500 index rose by 1.4%, and the Nasdaq — by 1.6%.
Sky News: court in the United States declared Trump's abuse of authority
The three-judge panel recalled that the tariffs must be approved by Congress, but Trump argued that he had the right to act because there was an emergency in the country. At the same time, the court did not block some of the economic restrictions imposed. In particular, duties on steel, aluminum and automobiles were not suspended. The court also recognized the threats to impose duties on pharmaceutical products, semiconductors and other goods as legitimate.
Sky News
Several lawsuits have been filed against the president's tariffs, and this decision concerns a case brought on behalf of five small businesses that import goods from other countries. Companies selling everything from wine to musical instruments claimed that these additional costs made it difficult for them to survive.
Stephen Miller, the US president's homeland security adviser, criticized the court on social media, writing that unelected judges should not decide how to properly respond to a national emergency. The Trump administration also stressed that the court's decision harms US foreign economic policy. So, according to the White House, this could disrupt trade deals that are beneficial to Washington with countries that are currently under discussion.
BBC: US Trade Court blocks Trump's tariffs
The Manhattan court said that the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the exclusive authority to regulate trade with other countries, and these powers are not canceled by the president's authority to protect the economy. A few minutes after the decision to block the duties was made, the Trump administration filed an appeal.
BBC
The immediate consequences of the court's decision are unclear. The case must be appealed. If the White House's appeal is not satisfied, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will issue appropriate instructions to its employees, John Leonard, a former senior CBP official, told the BBC.
But if all the courts support this decision, the enterprises that had to pay the tariffs will receive a refund of the amounts paid with interest. These include the so-called reciprocal duties, which were reduced to 10% across the board for most countries and were raised to 145% for Chinese goods, and now amount to 30%.
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