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TRUMP TARIFFS IN FEDERAL COURT

🧑🏼‍⚖️President Trump’s tariffs are being fought in federal courts. It’s getting real.🧑🏼‍⚖️

The U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily allowed the Trump administration to collect revenues under the Republican president’s highly controversial tariff overhaul that sparked a global trade war and has put financial markets in uncertain fluctuations.

Such a decision comes after the U.S. Court of International Trade ordered that the Trump White House’s use of an emergency trade statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, was unconstitutional. The three-panel trade court tribunal ruled in a unanimous verdict that Congress did not empower the executive branch with what they refer to ass “unbounded” authority to implement such aggressive trade protectionist rules.

The U.S. international trade court ruled, “An unlimited delegation of tariff authority would constitute an improper abdication of legislative power to another branch of government.” However, the Federal Circuit decided to issue an administrative stay on the trade court’s order that permanently blocked the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for the linchpin of the legal defense in executive orders declaring protectionist policies.

BBC reports that Trump intends to appeal the tariff cases up to the U.S Supreme Court for a final ruling on the matter. A journalistic analysis published by Freight Waves also contended that the federal courts are very unlikely to put an end to the global trade war.

Meanwhile, global trade trends have shifted. China is carving out a new trade axis to spite the Trumpian protectionism, reports the Financial Times. They report that China has courted key Asian and Gulf economies to invoke an “inflection point” against U.S. trade.

MORE: “Trump’s global trade plans are in disarray, after a US court ruling on ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs” - The Conversation

GLOBAL AIR CARGO UP IN APRIL

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Geneva, Switzerland, reported that air cargo demand in April 2025 was up by a whopping 5.8 percent. Willie Walsh, director general of IATA, said, “Air cargo demand grew strongly in April, with volumes up [5.8 percent] year-on-year, building on March’s solid performance. Seasonal demand for fashion and consumer goods—front-loading ahead of US tariff changes—and lower jet fuel prices have combined to boost air cargo.” All of this was front-loaded trade before the levy of Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariff announcement at the beginning of April.

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🚢 Global Container Index: $2,237.00 on May 29, 2025 - Freightos

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