# The US Court of International Trade has ruled that president Donald Trump overstepped his authority to impose sweeping global tariffs on imports. The three-judge panel in New York stated that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law that Trump cited to justify the tariffs, does not give him the power to impose them. The nonpartisan Liberty Justice Centre filed the lawsuit. The court ruled in favour of a permanent injunction, potentially grinding the global tariffs to a halt. The Trump administration has appealed.
A US trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs