US Court of Appeal rules Trump tariffs illegal

美国上诉法院裁定特朗普关税非法

Newshour

2025-08-30

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President Trump has reacted furiously to an appeals court ruling that found his tariffs policy to be mostly illegal. He said if the judgement was allowed to stand it would destroy the United States. The court ruled that the president had unlawfully invoked emergency powers to justify taxes imposed on America’s trading partners. Also in the programme: With Gaza City now a 'combat zone', a 21 year-old woman reads to us from her "goodbye letter". We also speak to one of three Scottish brothers who've rowed their way into the record books. (Photo: US President Donald Trump. Credit: Getty Images)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • My name is Paul Henley.

  • First today, a US appeals court has ruled that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal.

  • In a post on social media, Mr Trump said if the decision were allowed to stand,

  • it would literally destroy the United States of America.

  • The court said Mr Trump did not have the authority to impose the levies,

  • which had been used as a tool by his administration to exert pressure and renegotiate trade deals with countries that export goods to the US.

  • The tariffs have been imposed on most countries around the globe,

  • leading to what many see as upending decades of progress towards free trade agreements.

  • The court has allowed the tariffs to remain in place

  • while the Trump administration appeals to the Supreme Court.

  • The case was brought by small businesses and a group of Democratic attorney generals from across the US.

  • Dan Rayfield is one of them, from Oregon, and he gave the BBC his reaction.

  • Well, incredibly big moment in this case.

  • It is a seven to four ruling.

  • I mean, effectively concurs with the opinion from the lower court and actually,

  • frankly, at other federal courts.

  • So you have effectively 12 judges in the United States saying that the president has now overstepped his authority to implement tariffs by using an emergency power.

  • And you've got to remember here in America,