Federal Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs

A federal trade court issued a major ruling against the Trump administration Wednesday declaring that President Trump may not unilaterally impose tariffs with an emergency law.

The Court of International Trade struck down Trump’s wide-ranging “liberation day” tariffs enacted last month and other tariffs he placed earlier in his term, a blow to one of the central pillars of Trump’s policy agenda as he attempts to use tariffs as leverage in various negotiations.