US Court Finds Many US Reciprocal Tariffs Unlawful, Remain in Place for Now

TaiwanPlus News

A US Court of Appeals ruled that most of President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” reciprocal tariffs are unlawful, finding emergency powers do not authorize imposing tariffs. The court left the levies in place through Oct. 14 to allow time for the Supreme Court to take the case.

Transcript

00:00Most of U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called Liberation Day tariffs are not legal, according

00:05to a new ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals.

00:09The court found that Trump's use of emergency powers to impose the tariffs does not give

00:13him the authority to levy taxes, which includes those tariffs.

00:17The court decided to leave the tariffs in place through October 14th, giving the Supreme

00:22Court time to take up the case.

00:24It's a major setback for one of the U.S. President's key policies.

00:28Trump swiftly condemned the ruling on social media, saying that all tariffs remain in place

00:33and if removed, it would, quote, destroy the United States of America.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended