By Reena Bhardwaj
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Washington, DC [US], May 30 (ANI): The Trump administration has threatened to escalate its tariffs dispute to the Supreme Court after a court ruling overturned many of the president’s new import duties. The administration is demanding that the decision be suspended.
White House Press Secretary Karine Leavitt declared, “We will win this battle in court,” during a press briefing and said the administration is working to “tackle rogue judges.” When asked why other countries would continue trade negotiations amid the legal uncertainty, she said the U.S. Trade Ambassador had heard from countries that morning confirming their intention to continue working with the United States.
During Thursday’s briefing, Leavitt also informed reporters that U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spoke by phone, exchanging views on tariff-related issues.
The press secretary added that members of the president’s cabinet—Secretary Lutnick, Secretary Bessent, and Ambassador Jamieson Greer—have been in contact with their counterparts worldwide to signal that the United States remains committed to negotiations.
“Countries around the world have faith in the negotiator-in-chief, President Donald J. Trump. And they also probably see how ridiculous this ruling is, and they understand the administration is going to win,” Leavitt said. “And we intend to win. We already filed an emergency appeal, and we expect to fight this battle all the way to the Supreme Court,” she asserted.
White House lawyers petitioned the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday to halt Wednesday’s decision from taking effect. The move followed a second court ruling that found President Trump had exceeded his authority in implementing the tariffs.
The rulings represent significant victories for small businesses and states that have mounted legal challenges to the measures, striking at policies central to Trump’s economic and foreign policy agenda.
Leavitt also criticized the court’s tariff ruling as an example of “judicial overreach.” She argued that Trump’s tariffs were introduced to address U.S. trade deficits with other nations and described the taxes as “legally sound” and “long overdue.”
Meanwhile, a U.S. team is scheduled to visit India on June 5–6 for the next round of negotiations on a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) between the two countries. The India-U.S. trade deal would mark a significant milestone in economic relations between the two major economies, potentially opening new avenues for bilateral commerce and investment.
Additionally, Ray Vickery, former United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development, said that a trade agreement between India and the U.S. cannot happen under Washington’s “bullying approach.”
“In Trump 1.0, there was a negotiation that came close to achieving freer trade—not a free trade arrangement—between the United States and India. One hopes that will happen, but it’s not going to happen with this bullying approach, which the Trump administration has indicated,” Vickery told ANI.
President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that the U.S. mediated the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan and offered them “a lot of trade.” However, India has emphasized that the two nations’ militaries negotiated directly and resolved the conflict through an agreement and understanding for a cessation of fire and military action.
The cessation of hostilities was agreed upon following a call from Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to his Indian counterpart, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, after India destroyed nine terror infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.
Additionally, Vickery said that the Trump administration has a “misunderstanding” regarding trade deficits, which has led to its determination to impose tariffs on other countries.
“The Trump administration has a misunderstanding in regard to trade deficits. Trade deficits are not necessarily something imposed just by unfair trade practices by another country, but they have to do with the United States’ own saving and spending habits,” he said.
“Court should have no role here,” White House on US court blocking Trump’s tariffs
Washington, DC [US], May 30 (ANI): The White House on Thursday (local time) expressed its stern disagreement with the US federal court for blocking the Trump administration’s move to impose sweeping tariffs on other countries.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, lambasting the US court’s ruling, said that the judges have failed to “acknowledge” the President’s authority and that the court should have no role in interfering in this decision.
“These judges failed to acknowledge that the president of the United States has core foreign affairs powers and authority given to him by Congress to protect the United States’ economy and national security. The courts should have no role here,” Leavitt said at the press briefing.
Leavitt further expressed concern about judges “inserting themselves” into the presidential decision-making process and said that the US cannot function if diplomatic or trade negotiations are “railroaded by activist judges.”
“There is a troubling and dangerous trend of unelected judges inserting themselves into the presidential decision-making process. America cannot function if President Trump or any other president for that matter has their sensitive diplomatic or trade negotiations railroaded by activist judges. President Trump is in the process of rebalancing America’s trading agreements with the entire world bringing tens of billions of dollars in tariff revenues to our country and finally ending the United States of America from being ripped off,” she said.
Leavitt said that these judges are undermining the credibility of the United States on the world stage.
“The administration has already filed an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and an immediate administrative stay to strike down this egregious decision, but ultimately the Supreme Court must put an end to this in the sake of our Constitution and our country,” she said.
Earlier, a US federal court ruled against US President Donald Trump’s large-scale imposition of sweeping tariffs, deeming that this move exceeds his legal authority and that it would affect a wide range of imported goods, as reported by CNN.
The decision, handed down by the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan, determined that the tariffs — including those introduced under emergency economic powers — were unlawful. However, the Trump administration has already filed an appeal, leaving the future of the tariffs uncertain, CNN reported.
As per CNN, the court’s decision halts the enforcement of most of Trump’s tariffs, including the 30 per cent duties on Chinese imports, 25 per cent on certain goods from Mexico and Canada, and a general 10 per cent tariff on many other imports.
However, the ruling does not apply to tariffs on autos, steel, and aluminium, which were enacted under a different law of the US Trade Expansion Act.
(ANI)
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