US Court of Appeals: Trump did not have the right to impose duties the way they did
The US Court of Appeals ruled that President Donald Trump did not have the right to impose duties the way it was done, so most of them are illegal, but their effect will remain in force until the hearing in the Supreme Court, according to a document available to RIA Novosti.
“The law grants the president significant powers to take a number of measures in response to the declared state of emergency in the country, but none of these actions directly includes the authority to impose tariffs, duties, etc., as well as the authority to tax,” the court ruled.
Trump himself called the decision of the appeals chamber erroneous. He stressed that all duties remain in effect until the Supreme Court’s decision, and threatened that the cancellation of tariffs would be “a complete disaster for the country.”
After returning to the White House, Trump began to tighten his trade policy. The culmination was the announcement on April 2 of the introduction of a base import rate of 10% and increased “reciprocal” duties for individual countries. Trump called this day “Liberation Day.” At the same time, a week later, the tariff increase was put on pause, and the United States began trade negotiations with many partners.
On August 1, Trump signed an executive order imposing duties against a number of countries, their rate will range from 10% to 41%. The new duties were imposed on 69 of America’s trading partners and came into force on August 7.
