Trump addresses Supreme Court on tariffs

The administration called on the Supreme One to bring down a decision by the Court of Appeals, which has concluded that most of the tariffs imposed by Trump constitute illegal use of the law on emergency powers.

This is the last case on a series of issues sent by the US administration to the Supreme Court and is expected to put one of President Trump's main trade policy pillars before judges.

The Federal District Appeals Court has left the tariffs in force, but the administration called on the highest court in the US to intervene quickly, through an electronicly submitted petition on the evening of 3 September. The case before the court is expected to be officially recorded on September 4th.

Attorney General D. John Sawer, asked judges to handle the case and hear the arguments of the parties in early November.

That decision [of the Appeals Court] casts a shadow of uncertainty over the negotiations with foreign states the president has been pursuing through tariffs over the past five months, jeopardising both the already reached framework agreements and the negotiations that are under way --”, he wrote. “Rresic in this case is too large”.

Businesses have twice won in courts, once in a federal court that handles business cases and then in Apel's.

The tariffs and their implementation have shaken global markets and raised fears of rising prices and slowing economic growth.

But Trump has used tariffs to pressure the European Union, Japan and other states to accept new trade agreements with Washington. Incomes from tariffs have reached $159 billion by the end of the strait, which is double the income compared to the same period last year.

Most judges at the Court of Appeals for the Federal District found that the 1977 Act of International Economic Powers does not allow Trump to usurp Congress powers to impose fees. But judges opposing the verdict said this law allows the president to regulate imports during emergencies without clear restrictions.

The decision includes two sets of tariffs against imports, which Trump has imposed following the proclamation of the national emergency situation: the announced tariffs in April and the February ones for imports from Canada, China and Mexico.

The American Constitution empowers Congress to impose taxes, including tariffs. In recent decades, however, lawmakers have delegated this authority to the president.

Some tariffs imposed by Trump, including those on steel, aluminum and foreign cars, are not included in the Court of Appeals' ruling. The decision also does not include the tariffs the US president imposed on China during the first presidential mandate -- the tariff that remained in force even during Joe Beden's presidency.

Trump can set tariffs under other laws as well, but they have more restrictions on speed and severity with which he can act.

The US administration has argued that, if the tariffs are abolished, it may have to restore some of the import taxes it collected, which would cause a financial blow to the American Treasury. / REL/ Periscopi/