Jill Schlesinger

In a recent ruling, the Court of International Trade (CIT) invalidated a large portion of President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the story is far from over.

You may not be familiar with CIT, so here’s a quick primer: It is essentially the referee for international trade disputes.

The judges who sit on this court are appointed by the president and have lifetime tenure. In this case, the three judge-panel ruled that the president did not have the power to authorize tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 ( IEEPA ) and that the executive orders that were announced on April 2 are “invalid as contrary to law.”

The ruling applied to the baseline 10 percent tariff, the reciprocal tariffs, including the 145% levy on Chinese imports, which are

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