05/29/2025

Second Federal Court Rules against Trump’s Tariffs

The decision comes less than 24 hours after another court ruling blocking them

A second federal court has ruled against President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs on imports from around the world, dealing another blow to his trade agenda and efforts to strike new deals with dozens of countries.

"The International Economic Emergency Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose the tariffs set forth" in four executive orders Trump issued earlier this year, D.C. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras said in a decision ordering a preliminary injunction on the collection of the duties on the two plaintiffs who brought the case.

Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys had urged Contreras not to approve the companies' request for an injunction, saying it would act like a "magnet" in attracting thousands of other companies to challenge the duty.

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