Breibart Business Digest: A Judicial Roadblock—But Not the End of Trump’s Tariff Power

The Trade Court Tells Trump He Can’t Use Emergency Powers to Impose Tariffs

The Court of International Trade (CIT) on Wednesday issued a ruling in V.O.S. Selections v. United States that the anti-tariff establishment is already crowing about. One Washington Post columnist called it “Trump’s biggest judicial setback.”

But they may want to curb their enthusiasm. This decision is not the final word on President Trump’s authority to impose tariffs, and the legal reasoning behind it is unlikely to stand unchallenged. Indeed, on Thursday, the Federal Circuit stayed the order, leaving Trump’s tariffs in place for now.

At issue was President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on a wide range of imports, citing the fentanyl

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