警告说一系列法院判决阻止唐纳德·特朗普总统的关税“破坏了与几乎每个贸易伙伴正在进行的敏感谈判”,特朗普政府周一要求联邦上诉法院阻止上周的一项命令,该命令认定全面关税是“非法的”。
在两家儿童玩具公司提起的诉讼中,华盛顿特区的一名联邦法官上周裁定特朗普有没有权力单方面征收关税“以重新调整全球经济秩序”
在国际贸易法院(Court of International Trade)的一个法官小组发布自己阻止特朗普关税的决定不到24小时后,美国地区法官鲁道夫·孔特雷拉斯(Michael contrer as)就关税的非法性得出了同样的结论,但发布了一项不那么全面的命令,仅阻止对提起诉讼的两家公司执行关税。
联邦上诉法院随后暂时推迟国际贸易法院的判决。
特朗普在4月宣布影响深远的关税在他称为“解放日”的玫瑰园仪式上
在周一的一份文件中,特朗普政府辩称,孔特雷拉斯法官的裁决有缺陷,它削弱了总统,而“谈判目前正处于微妙的关头。”
“通过认定关税无效,地区法院的裁决篡夺了总统的权力,并通过削弱这些谈判的前提——关税是一个可信的威胁——来破坏与几乎所有贸易伙伴正在进行的敏感谈判,”文件称。
司法部的律师还认为,Contreras法官没有发布该决定的管辖权,因为贸易政策的法律纠纷属于国际贸易法院。
Trump administration appeals 2nd ruling blocking tariffs
Warning that a series ofcourt decisionsblocking President Donald Trump's tariffs "disrupt sensitive, ongoing negotiations with virtually every trading partner," the Trump administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to block an order last week that found the sweeping tariffs were "unlawful."
In a lawsuit brought by two children's toy companies, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., last week ruled that Trump doesnot have powerto unilaterally impose tariffs "to reorder the global economy."
Issued less than 24 hours after a panel of judges on the Court of International Trade issued its own decision blocking Trump's tariffs, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras reached the same conclusion about the unlawfulness of the tariffs, but issued a less sweeping order, only blocking enforcement of the tariffs against the two companies that filed the lawsuit.
A federal appeals court subsequentlytemporarily delayedthe Court of International Trade's decision.
Trump in April announcedfar-reaching tariffson dozens of countries in a Rose Garden ceremony that he dubbed "Liberation Day."
In a filing Monday, the Trump administration argued that Judge Contreras' ruling was flawed and that it undercuts the president while " negotiations currently stand at a delicate juncture."
"By holding the tariffs invalid, the district court's ruling usurps the President's authority and threatens to disrupt sensitive, ongoing negotiations with virtually every trading partner by undercutting the premise of those negotiations -- that the tariffs are a credible threat," the filing said.
Lawyers with the Department of Justice also argued that Judge Contreras lacks the jurisdiction to issue the decision because legal disputes over trade policy belong in the Court of International Trade.