A United States federal appeals court decided this Thursday, 11, to authorize the Trump administration to maintain the collection of a global tariff of 10%.
In the ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit indicated that the Court of International Trade may have erred in concluding that the tariffs were illegal.
Trump applied the surcharges to products from nearly all countries based on authority under Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, after the Supreme Court struck down previous global tariffs in February.
The measure is the target of a challenge presented by two importing companies and a coalition of 24 States.
Initially, the Court of International Trade had ruled that the new tariffs were not valid.
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruling allows the U.S. to continue collecting tariffs from three importers while the government’s appeal continues. The 10% global tariff is scheduled to expire in July unless extended by Congress.
