A federal U.S. court late Wednesday struck down the "reciprocal" tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on the country's trading partners in early April, saying he had overstepped his authority.

"The question in the two cases before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 ("IEEPA") delegates these powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country," a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade wrote in its ruling. "The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder."

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The ruling also stopped Trump from enforcing the tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China that were aimed at combating fentanyl entering the U.S. The ruling said that "trafficking tariffs" of 25% imposed on products from Canada and Mexico, and 20% on those from China, "fail because they do not deal with the threats set forth in those Orders." The panel said those tariff orders would be “permanently” stopped.

The White House immediately appealed the ruling, per reports.  The 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:steel and aluminum, as well as auto, tariffs Trump imposed in Ma🤪rch weren't mentioned in the ruling.

“Foreign countries’ nonreciprocal treatment of the Unites States has fueled America’s historic and persistent trade deficits. These deficits have created a national emergency that has decimated American communities, left our workers behind, and weakened our defense industrial base – facts that the court did not dispute," White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement. "It is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency."

"President Trump pledged to put America First, and the Administration is committed to using every lever of executive power to address this crisis and restore American Greatness," he added.

UPDATE—May 29, 2025: This article has been updated to include comment from the White House.