Federal appeals court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs

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A U.S. appeals court ruled late Friday that most of President Trump's tariffs are illegal, determining the president exceeded his authority in his use of emergency powers to rewrite U.S. trade policy, but the tariffs were allowed to stay in place for now while the case was sent back to a lower court for further proceedings.

The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., addressed the legality of Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs imposed in April, as well as a separate set of tariffs imposed in February against China, Canada and Mexico, but the ruling does not affect tariffs issued under other legal authority, such as those on steel and aluminum imports.

The court found the president overstepped his authority under a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The issue of the legality of Trump's has long been expected to end in the U.S. Supreme Court for a final decision.

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