Court ruled Trump's tariffs illegal. But Canada isn't out of the woods

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday that many of the tariffs imposed on dozens of countries by President Donald Trump are illegal, a decision that his administration said it will seek to appeal at the Supreme Court. The tariffs will remain in place until Oct. 14 to give the government time to appeal, but a loss at the top court would render the levies invalid. But even that wouldn’t mean Canada and other countries hit by U.S. are out of the woods on trade . The Financial Post takes a look at what happened and what it means for Canada.

What happened?

In a split decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s r