Trump doubles on rates after the US Court rules them illegally: 'Still in force'

US President Donald Trump on Friday, August 29, said the ruling by a US Court of Appeal that most of his tariffs were illegal is “wrong”, emphasizing that all rates were still in effect. Donald Trump called the court ‘very partisan’, demanding that the levies be of the utmost importance to the economic power of America and warned that their removal would be a ‘total disaster’ that would leave the country ‘financially weak’. Trump has argued that the US will eventually prevail in the defense of the policy. ‘All rates are still in force! Today, a highly partisan Court of Appeal said wrong that our rates should be removed, but they know that the United States will win in the end. If these rates ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the country. It would make us financially weak, and we have to be strong, ‘he said in a post on truth social. Trump continued, “The US will no longer tolerate enormous trade deficits and unfair rates and non -tariff trading barriers imposed by other countries, friend or foe, which undermine our manufacturers, farmers and everyone else. If allowed, this decision would literally destroy the United States.” “At the beginning of this weekend in the afternoon, we should all remember that rates are the best tool to help our workers, and to support businesses that have been raised in America. Products. I have been allowed for many years to be used by our unparalleled and unwise politicians. Now, with the help of the US Supreme Court, we will make it to the benefit of our nation, What did the court say? In a major blow to Donald Trump’s tariff policy, a US Federal Appeal Court ruled that most of the US president’s rates, which affected numerous trading partners, including India with 50 percent duties, but allowed them to remain in place for the time being. The 7-4 ruling by the US Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit confirmed the decision of a lower court that Trump had exceeded authority to use emergencies to impose wide duties. However, the judges allowed the rates to stay in their place until mid -October, giving both sides time to take the case to the Supreme Court. (With agency input)