The decision comes after the Trump government The blockade of tariffs determined on Wednesday by the United States International Trade Court to “avoid irreparable damage to security and economy.”
Said court ruled that the President has no authority to “unlimited” apply the law of economic powers in international emergencies that he invoked to apply global taxes on April 2, as well as others for China, Mexico and Canada.
The Court of Appeals does not cancel that failure but suspend its application of precautionary shape while studying the back of the matter.
In parallel and after the complaint of two small toys manufacturers, the Federal Court of the Columbia district had resolved that the Law of Economic Powers in International Emergencies does not allow Trump to “impose, revoke, suspend, restore and unilaterally adjust tariffs to reorganize the global economy.”
The administration had two weeks to resort that second veto before it entered into force and the Executive has already presented its appeal.
The White House denounces a judicial persecution
Before the decision of the Court of Appeal, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, harshly condemned the decision taken on Wednesday and assured that Trump is being the subject of a judicial persecution in relation to the multiple orders to obstruct many of the measures, some of them very controversial, which he has adopted since he returned to power in January.
“Three judges of the United States International Trade Court have discreted and blatantly abused their Judicial Power to usurp the president’s authority,” said Leavitt, who added that “USA cannot work if President Trump, or any other president, sees his delicate diplomatic or commercial negotiations frustrated by activist judges.”
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Leavitt wanted to make it clear that the White House plans to “free this battle to the Supreme Court” if necessary. The Executive planned to go to the highest judicial instance this Friday in case they have not received a response in his favor.
“We lived under a judicial tyranny,” he had written shortly before in the social network X Stephen Miller, one of the main advisors of the Republican leader, while Jason Miller, another of his counselors, criticized Fox Business in the “not elected” judges that he considered that “they are trying to impose their own will in regard to fiscal policy, commercial policy and everything related to the economy”.
Commercial negotiations continue
Leavitt warned countries that are negotiating commercial treaties with Washington today “that the president reserves other tariff faculties” to guarantee “that US interests are restored worldwide.”
Experts have pointed out that, regardless of what judges rule on tariffs subject to IEEPA, the government can apply taxes by resorting to other laws, although the procedures to activate them would be somewhat more complex and take longer.
In any case, the spokeswoman said Thursday that Washington continues to talk with its commercial partners to close agreements and that the US representative for commerce, Jamieson Greer, has received from other countries the message that “they intend to continue with these negotiations.”
For his part, the director of the National Economic Council of the White House, Kevin Hasett, said about the negotiations that “there are many, many agreements on the way” and that “there are three that basically seem to be ready”: “This season of commercial negotiations has been very, very effective for US citizens,” he said.