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Where Things Stand
Tariffs ruling: In a setback to President Trump’s global trade war, a federal appeals court on Friday found that many of his tariffs were issued illegally, upholding an earlier decision from a federal trade court. The appeals court found that the bedrock of the trade war — an international emergency powers law that permits the president to take broad trade action in response to economic emergencies — “does not authorize the tariffs imposed by the Executive Orders.” But the judges delayed the implementation of their order until October to grant the administration time to seek review by the Supreme Court, which would allow the duties to remain in place for now. Read more ›
Foreign aid: The Trump administration has moved to cancel $4.9 billion for foreign aid programs, funds that Congress already approved, using an untested power to cut spending over lawmakers’ objections. Read more ›
U.N. meeting: Palestinian officials may not be able to attend next month’s United Nations General Assembly because the United States will not issue visas to them, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday. The United States generally issues visas to allow foreign leaders to come to U.N. headquarters in New York, even those from countries under severe U.S. sanctions. The move by Mr. Rubio could be aimed at weakening discussion of Palestinian statehood. Read more ›
47 minutes agoAna Swanson
Richard Neal, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, called the ruling “a victory for the rule of law, for the Constitution, and for American families who have paid the price for Donald Trump’s trade agenda.” He added: “Tariff authority rests with Congress. The Constitution is clear, and no president—Trump or anyone else—can invent powers they do not have.”
55 minutes agoAna Swanson
During President Trump’s first term, his advisers also had questions about whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which is typically used to issue foreign sanctions, could be used to levy broad tariffs. The first Trump administration used IEEPA sparingly, relying on other tools like Section 232 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 instead to issue tariffs on Chinese exports and steel. But Mr. Trump and his advisers have since taken a more expansive interpretation, concluding that an economic emergency could be declared based on almost anything.
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A banner of President Trump on a Department of Labor building in Washington, on Friday.Credit…Eric Lee for The New York Times
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