Federal Circuit ruling backs CIT’s jurisdiction over IEEPA tariff suits

The landmark appellate decision rejecting President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs also represents a fresh defeat for challengers who have filed suit over the duties outside the Court of International Trade, as it includes a unanimous finding that CIT has exclusive authority over the litigation. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit split 7-4 on whether to uphold CIT’s decision that the tariffs on Canada, China, Mexico and U.S. trading partners generally go beyond what...