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The U.S. Court of Appeals has declared that most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but they will still affect the launch of the iPhone 17 before an inevitable Supreme Court appeal.
U.S. President Donald Trump
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a 7-4 ruling, determining that President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the International Emergency Economic Powers act (IEEPA) doesn’t officially grant powers to raise tariffs in the way it has been used.
For most of the tariffs the Trump administration instituted, including the headline “reciprocal” tariffs from April, using the IEEPA is an overstretch of its powers.
