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Global tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump have been declared illegal and blocked by a federal trade court, Interfax reports, citing US media.
"A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York issued the ruling (…) upholding a series of lawsuits that alleged Trump improperly invoked emergency law to justify the fees," Bloomberg reports.
The Associated Press writes that Trump has "made U.S. trade policy dependent on his whims." The agency notes that the president "has used tariffs as a negotiating cudgel in hopes of forcing other countries to strike deals that favor the U.S., assuming that he will simply impose tariffs himself if the terms are unsatisfactory."
White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai, commenting on the court's decision, said: "The unanswered attitude of foreign countries toward the United States has led to America's historic and persistent trade deficit."
Desai stressed that "unelected judges should not decide the right course of action in a national emergency." "President Trump has promised to put America first, and the administration intends to use every lever of executive power to overcome this crisis and restore American greatness," he concluded.
Trump declared a national emergency in April of this year, stating that "the U.S. trade deficit poses an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and the economy." According to the American leader, "the source of the threat is outside the country."
