Already numb to tariff twists, US importers see legal decisions as another price of doing business
May 29, 2025
Businesses rattled by President Donald Trump’s on again, off again tariffs are absorbing more jolts after a U.S. appeals court temporarily blocked a federal court order that would have halted most of his taxes on foreign imports. The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to declare a national emergency as justification for his tariffs. But on Thursday, a federal appeals court granted an emergency motion allowing the government to continue collecting tariffs while the Trump administration challenges the trade court’s decision. The owner of a kitchen and bathroom accessories company says she is “numb” from the constant flux.
