A US appeals court has reinstated President Donald Trump's tariffs while an appeal case is being heard. Reuters news agency reports on Thursday evening, Danish time.
The appeals court does not give any reasons for its decision, but calls on the plaintiffs in the case to respond by June 5 and the Trump administration to respond by June 9.
The decision comes after a trade court on Thursday night, Danish time, blocked tariffs announced by the US president on April 2.
A panel of three judges found that Donald Trump had exceeded his powers by imposing a general tariff on imports from countries that sell more goods to the US than they buy.
Such tariffs would normally have to be approved by Congress, but Trump circumvented this by claiming that the US is in an emergency due to its trade deficit.
If that is the case, the president does not need a parliamentary majority to implement certain decisions.
But that argument was rejected by the three judges in the trade court.
They thus put a temporary stop to the increased tariffs that have not only affected China, Mexico and Canada, but also all other US trading partners.
Even before the appeals court announced its decision, the president's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, stated that the new tariffs would be introduced regardless of what the courts say.
According to Reuters, he said that the Trump administration would appeal all rulings that did not go its way, and that it was also considering other options to overturn the decision.
On Thursday, Kevin Hassett, an economic adviser in the White House, said that he expected trade agreements to be concluded with several countries within the next few weeks. Reuters writes.
However, Hassett would not disclose which countries these were.
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