🇺🇸U.S. appeals court points most of "Trump's" tax measures illegal

U.S. Court of Appeals Points Most "Trump" Tax Measures Illegal, Opens Supreme Filing

The U.S. Court of Appeals, in a 7-to-4 vote resolution, ruled that most of President Donald Trump's "tariffs" measures were "null and void" because they were unlawful and not the president's authority to enact them himself, a ruling covering the "retaliatory tariffs" that Trump has used on many countries around the world, including China, 🇨🇳, Mexico, 🇲🇽 and Canada 🇨🇦, which could leave the Trump administration facing a major legal battle.

The court made it clear that tariffs are the primary authority of "Congress," not the executive branch authority. Despite the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), it gives the president the power to handle serious threats, but does not include any tax collection authority or duties.

This decision will not be enforced until October 14 to allow the Trump administration to petition the US Supreme Court. The current Supreme Court has six Republican-appointed judges, three of whom are nominated by Trump himself.

After the verdict was published, Trump posted a message via Truth Social, attacking the court process as "heavily politically biased," with a warning that if the tax measure is repealed, it would be a "major disaster" that destroys the U.S. economy and weakens the nation's finances. In addition, he made clear that the tax measure already enacted "continues to have an effect," ignoring the court's ruling.

The tariff measure has been considered a key foreign policy by Trump since his return to office for a second term, being used as a political tool to pressure and negotiate trade deals with many countries; while boosting U.S. bargaining power, it has brought volatility in global financial and trade markets.

So far, the Treasury and the US Commerce Department have not issued comments on the ruling.

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📑 Source: BBC / TNN World

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