from PressTV
A US federal court has ruled illegal President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, delivering a significant blow to one of his administration's central economic policies.
A three-judge panel at the New York Court of International Trade issued the decision following multiple legal challenges that contended Trump overstepped his presidential powers, making US trade policy subject to arbitrary presidential decisions and causing global economic instability.
While tariffs generally require congressional authorization, Trump circumvented this by claiming that the country’s trade deficits amounted to a national emergency. This unprecedented justification enabled him to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs on nearly all US trading partners last month - a sudden decision that triggered significant market volatility.
The judicial panel emphasized they were not evaluating "the wisdom or likely effectiveness of the president’s use of tariffs as leverage," but rather assessing the legality of the tariffs' implementation. As the ruling clarified, the tariffs were struck down not because such use is unwise or ineffective, "but because [federal law] does not allow it."
The ruling additionally halted a distinct series of tariffs the administration had placed on China, Mexico, and Canada – measures originally justified as combating drug trafficking and illegal immigration into the United States...
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