Trump asks US supreme court to overturn trade tariffs ruling
by Julia Kollewe and Callum Jones from on (#6ZS8R)
President challenging federal appeals court decision that liberation day' levies on imports overstepped his powers
Donald Trump has asked the US supreme court to overturn a lower court decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegal.
The US president filed a petition late on Wednesday to ask for a review of last week's federal appeals court ruling in Washington DC, which centred on his liberation day" border taxes introduced on 2 April that imposed levies of between 10% and 50% on most US imports and sent shock waves through global trade and markets.
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