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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

What next for Trump’s tariffs after president warned US would be ‘destroyed’ if they don’t go ahead

President Donald Trump’s tariffs strategy has been ruled illegal by the U.S. Court of Appeals, delivering a major blow to his attempt to reset the “unfair” terms of international trade.

In a ruling on Friday, the court agreed with a May finding from the Court of International Trade that found the president had overreached the authority he had claimed under a decades-old emergency economic powers act to place hefty levies on goods imported from America’s trading partners.

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