In another development, US President Donald Trump on Thursday approached the Supreme Court, challenging the federal court’s ruling. The court had ruled a few days ago that the US president is not authorised to impose sweeping tariffs on foreign imports. In his appeal, Trump justified the sweeping tariffs imposed on India, saying they were a crucial aspect of his bid to pause the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
What The Appeal Said
“The President recently authorised IEEPA tariffs against India for purchasing Russian energy products, to deal with a preexisting national emergency regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine, as a crucial aspect of his push for peace in that war-torn country,” it said.
“The Federal Circuit did not question that those crises constitute “unusual and extraordinary threat[s]” to “national security, foreign policy, or [the US] economy” sufficient to trigger the President’s emergency powers under IEEPA. 50 USC 1701(a),” it added.
The appeal also said that “decision casts a pall of uncertainty upon ongoing foreign negotiations that the President has been pursuing through tariffs over the past five months, jeopardizing both already negotiated framework deals and ongoing negotiations.”
About The Case
On Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Trump went too far by declaring national emergencies to justify tariffs on nearly every country. The ruling largely upheld a decision made in May by a federal trade court in New York.
On Friday, the appeals court made a 7-4 decision that overturned the part of the previous ruling that would have stopped the tariffs immediately, giving Trump’s administration time to appeal to the US Supreme Court. The ruling represents a major setback for Trump, who has claimed that his trade policies will benefit the U.S. by bringing back manufacturing jobs and generating billions in new revenue for the federal government.
