US Asks Appeals Court to Let Trump Tariffs Remain for Longer
A container ship at the Port of Los Angeles in California.
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/BloombergA federal appeals court is closer to ruling on whether to keep most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs in place longer while the legal battle over them continues.
The Justice Department on Monday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to extend its earlier short-term pause on a lower court’s May 28 ruling that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal. The government said that the ruling harmed the president’s ability to conduct foreign policy.