Donald Trump has limited legal options to impose sweeping global tariffs after Wednesday’s court ruling that invalidated his “liberation day” duties, according to international legal experts.
The US Court of International Trade judgment determined that Trump had misused emergency economic powers legislation when declaring the blanket tariffs last month, which were designed to shrink trade deficits with countries around the world.
Legal experts said the court had determined that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was explicitly not designed to address balance of payments issues, and that Trump would therefore have to fall back on alternative legal avenues.