Washington.- U.S. President Donald Trump appealed on Wednesday to the Supreme Court the decision of a federal court that declared illegal, last week, the tariffs he imposed globally under a law designed for emergencies.
The Department of Justice filed the appeal with the Supreme Court to halt the ruling of a federal circuit Court of Appeals that determined that Trump had exceeded his authority by using an emergency law to impose indefinite tariffs.
In its legal action, the Trump Administration asks the Supreme Court by means of a “motion to expedite” to resolve soon whether it has the power to impose tariffs.
The appealed case affects two sets of tariffs imposed by Trump. The first is the tariffs imposed on each country, which now range from 34% for China to a base limit of 10% for the rest of the world. The second is a 25% tariff that Trump imposed on some products from Canada, China, and Mexico due to, according to the Government, their inability to stop the flow of drugs.
The measures that fall outside the effects of the ruling are those that Trump applied to vehicles, steel, and other imported goods, because these were used under another law.
The ruling that declared Trump’s tariffs illegal did not remove their validity, but for the moment they will continue to function until October 15 pending a ruling on the president’s appeal.
