An appeals court seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs after oral arguments on July 31, as multiple judges questioned whether a decades-old law Trump invoked had provided him the authority that he claimed it did.
The oral arguments came months after the U.S. Court of International Trade held in May that Trump’s tariffs were inconsistent with the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA), which allows presidents to regulate imports in times of emergency. Whether that regulation of imports includes tariffs was the subject of considerable debate.
