The US trade court only lifted the most customs surcharges from Trump on Wednesday. Trump exceeded his powers with the appeal to an emergency law of 1977, the judgment said. Trump could not rely on the emergency law to “impose an unlimited surcharge on goods from practically every country,” said the three judges at the court for international trade (ITC). They referred to the responsibility of the congress.
Trump has been a tough trade policy course since the beginning of his second term, which has shaken the global supply chains. At the beginning of April, he imposed high additional tariffs against numerous states – and shortly afterwards reduced it to a basic customs of ten percent for 90 days.
In addition, US tariffs of 25 percent apply to cars and steel and aluminum products. He had recently threatened the EU with tariffs of 50 percent from July 9, but they are not yet in force to negotiate with the EU.
