As his administration works to overturn a court verdict that declared many of his tariffs unlawful, US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he intends to ask the Supreme Court for a prompt decision.
“We’re going to be going to the Supreme Court, we think tomorrow, because we need an early decision,” Trump told reporters.
He added that he would ask for an “expedited ruling,” warning that “if you took away tariffs, we could end up being a third-world country.”
In a 7-4 decision on Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s conclusion that Trump overreached himself by using emergency economic powers to impose extensive duties.
However, in order to give Trump time to take the matter to the Supreme Court, the judges let these levies to remain in effect until the middle of October.
However, sector-specific tariffs, such as those on steel and aluminum, were unaffected by the verdict.
Since returning to the presidency, Trump has invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose “reciprocal” tariffs on almost all US trading partners, with a 10-percent baseline level and higher rates for dozens of economies.
He tapped similar powers to slap separate tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China over what Trump said was the flow of deadly drugs into the United States.
