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Will Trump Tariffs Survive Lawsuits? All About the Legal Battle

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Will Trump Tariffs Survive Lawsuits? All About the Legal Battle

  • By Erik Larson
  • By Laura Curtis

The vast majority of President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain in limbo after a federal appeals court ruled that they were issued illegally under an emergency law while agreeing to keep them in place while the case proceeds. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Aug. 29 upheld an earlier decision by the US Court of International Trade. Both courts concluded that Trump wrongfully invoked an emergency law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), to justify the duties — a rare rebuke as the courts tend to defer to the president on trade matters.

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