Trade court strikes down Trump global tariffs imposed after Supreme Court loss

A federal trade court on Thursday struck down tariffs President Trump imposed to replace import taxes that the Supreme Court struck down earlier this year.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) imposed a permanent injunction on the 10 percent tariff Trump imposed on nearly all U.S. imports in February.

Judges Mark A. Barnett and Claire R. Kelly ruled that the Trump administration improperly used a provision of trade law giving the president power to impose tariffs to correct “balance of payments deficits” when issuing the 10 percent global tariff. Judge Timothy C. Stanceu dissented from the ruling.

The ruling is the latest in a series of major legal blows to the tariff regime central to Trump’s aggressive trade agenda.

Trump imposed the tariff subject to Thursday’s ruling after the........

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