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Court strikes down Trump's backup tariffs as unlawful

(The Center Square) — A federal trade court struck down President Donald Trump's latest global tariff on Thursday, ruling that the import taxes were unauthorized by law and ordering refunds for the businesses that brought the lawsuit.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 that Trump overstepped his authority by invoking a never-beforeused 1974 trade law to impose a 10% global import duty,…

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