US trade court invalidates Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs

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An American court launched a tariff plan “Liberation Day” in Donald Trump, and dealt with a severe blow to the White House, which could deliver the global president’s policy in a state of chaos.

The American International Trade Court found on Wednesday that the president had no authority to provide fees using the legislation of the emergency economic powers he was martyred when he imposed a comprehensive tariff on countries around the world last month.

The ruling represents a dramatic development in the commercial wars launched by Trump in the first months of his presidency, adding the legal uncertainty to the financial and economic clouds that surrounded the new era of American protection. Even if the ruling is appealed, opponents will now encourage definitions in American companies, foreign capitals and the American congress trying to persuade Trump to decline the fees.

The court, which was introduced by the Judges Committee in the International Commerce Court where the tariff plans were challenged, unambiguous.

The court recommended that the executive orders in which Trump announced the definitions “declaring that it is not valid in contrast to the law.”

The matter said: “The orders of tariffs around the world and revenge go beyond any authority granted to the president … to organize import through definitions.”

The futures index futures in the United States increased after the court nullified the Trump tariff, and a gathering that was also fed through optimistic profits from the Chipmaker Nvidia maker. S&P futures increased by 1.5 percent on the New York evening. The US dollar also rose about 0.5 percent against a basket of six peers after the court’s decision.

A White House spokesman criticized the referee, saying, “Unacceptable judges do not decide how to properly address the state of national emergency.” He added: “President Trump pledged to put America first, and the administration is obligated to use each arm of the executive authority to address this crisis and restore American greatness.”

The Decision of the International Trade Court will have long -term effects on Trump’s commercial policy because it seems to prevent the president from imposing definitions using the justification that was called.

The administration plans to appeal, according to the court report.

On April 2, the Trump system ignited weeks of disturbances in the financial market, which only eased during its withdrawal from some of the most fees on commercial partners, including China.

Trump has been delayed by the imposition of other definitions, depending on the country’s readiness to reach commercial deals with the United States.

Democrats chanted government. “I have argued that from the beginning, Donald Trump’s claim that he could simply pass high new taxes on imported goods that depend on the confusion of the constitution to be further recognition,” said Ron Wadeen, Senator of Oregon.

“Trump’s commercial taxes have risen on grocery and cars, and a threatening shortage in basic commodities and supply chains that were destroyed for large and small American companies.”

The court heard two separate challenges, but it is similar to the photography of Trump in May. One of them was a group of American companies that said the fees had been harmed, led by VOS importer. The second was from 12 US states led by Oregon, which said the definitions will raise the cost of the audience -funded organizations to buy basic equipment and supplies.

During the Oregon hearing, the lawyer of the Justice Ministry of Justice Chomate said that the irritable matter against the definitions “will completely kneel” when he was on the world stage in an attempt to conclude commercial deals. Judge Jane Rasty answered that the court cannot allow political reasons for the president to do “something that is not allowed to do through the statute.”

During the VOS selection session, government lawyer Eric Hamilton said that the announcement of the customs tariff led the countries to start negotiating trade deals with Trump. “Do not argue in politics with the court, these are not our actions,”

Under the United States Constitution, Congress has the power of definitions. But the Trump administration said that the International Economic Forces Law gives the president the authority to do so if there is a declared national emergency.

He declared a national emergency in an executive order on April 2, saying that factors include non -treatment in bilateral trade relations and the policies of American commercial partners that suppress local wages, reached a “unusual and unusual threat” to the American economy and national security.

In response to the ruling, a White House spokesman reported that the non -renewable treatment of the United States has fed the historical and continuous deficit in the United States. I created this deficit in national emergency situations that destroy American societies, left our workers behind us, and weakened our defensive base – facts that were not overcome by the court. “

The court cases were stabbed in its use of these authorities. Jeffrey Shawab, the lawyer for VOS choices and the other four companies that challenge the definitions, accused the president during a “unprecedented and unlawful expansion of the executive.”

In the past few days, Trump has agreed to delay his 50 percent definition of the European Union after speaking to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lin. He told reporters: “We received a very nice call … and agreed to move [the date]”

The United States and China have agreed to reduce the 90 -day tariff in the main escalation. Smartphones and other electronics imported to the United States were exempted from China, but Trump indicated that this would be temporary.