Court of International Trade

Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit have granted a short-term administrative stay of the Court of International Trade’s ruling that overturned President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on U.S. trading partners, ensuring the duties will remain in place through at least June 9. “The request for an immediate administrative stay is granted to the extent that the judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International...

The Justice Department is vowing to petition the Supreme Court no later than Friday to let it continue enforcing President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs while it appeals a decision striking them down, unless lower courts stay that order on their own in the coming hours. DOJ filed an emergency motion shortly before noon on May 29 asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to suspend a Court of International Trade order holding the IEEPA...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with information on DOJ's appeal. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia on Thursday became the second court to rule President Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs, issuing a preliminary injunction against the tariffs that will be stayed for two weeks to allow the government to appeal. The Court of International Trade on Wednesday found that Trump exceeded his authority under IEEPA in using...

The Trump administration is moving quickly to appeal the Court of International Trade’s decision striking down International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs while pressing CIT to stay its order as that process plays out, warning judges that the ruling threatens to “grind to a halt” dozens of trade negotiations or force the U.S. to accept unfavorable terms. “It is critical, for the country’s national security and the President’s conduct of ongoing, delicate diplomatic efforts, that the Court stay its judgment...

In a landmark decision, the Court of International Trade has ruled that President Trump overstepped his statutory authority when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to enact new tariffs on imports from nearly all U.S. trading partners, vacating each of those duties as unlawful and potentially upending the administration’s trade policy. CIT’s ruling , issued late on May 28, vacates all the tariffs Trump has imposed under IEEPA since returning to office this year, including duties on Canada,...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and other Cabinet officials are warning courts considering suits over President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs that blocking the duties would eliminate U.S. leverage in trade negotiations with a host of countries. “In each case, those ongoing, delicate negotiations are premised on the ability of the President to impose tariffs under IEEPA. If the President is enjoined from exercising his authority under IEEPA to impose tariffs to address these urgent threats, the premise...

Judges on the Court of International Trade spent most of a two-hour hearing on Wednesday addressing whether President Trump’s decision to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose new tariffs on U.S. trading partners is a “political question” exempt from judicial review, appearing to narrow their focus in what has been wide-ranging litigation over the duties. The May 21 session, in a suit brought by 12 Democratic state attorneys general targeting a wide range of IEEPA tariffs, was...