US Asks to Keep Collecting Trump’s New Tariffs After Court Loss
A portainer crane moves containers at the Fenix Marine Services terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
Photographer: Tim Rue/BloombergThe Trump administration asked the US trade court to pause a ruling that declared the president’s latest 10% global tariffs unlawful while the government appeals, meaning importers would keep paying the levies while the legal fight continues.
In a 2-1 decision last week, a US Court of International Trade panel found that President Donald Trump’s use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose the tariffs was invalid, although the court only immediately blocked enforcement for two companies that sued and Washington state.