U.S. President Trump, who vowed to impose taxes on the whole world, but did not think of it, has "planned a big tip" in the country. recently, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeal voted, with the result of the vote of 7 to 4, determined that Trump's tax increases to many countries belong to illegal acts, is it said that the global trade war has met a major turning point?
You know, Trump recently not only imposed a huge tariff of 50% on India, Brazil and other countries, but also falsely claimed to impose a 200% tariff on China. However, there is no need for China to respond to this kind of obsessive and unreasonable behavior. In fact, this is also a method used by Trump. In the words of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung during his visit to the United States, Trump's negotiation skill is to first set unacceptable requirements for the other party, and then force the other party to make concessions in the negotiations.
But now, Trump is a big tip, not because of the counter-reaction of countries, but within the United States, already belongs to illegal behavior. According to reports, on August 29 local time, the U.S. Federal Circular Court of Appeal ruled with a vote of 7 to 4 that the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA), the action of imposing tariffs on the world's multinationals, is "exceeding the legal authority", constitutes a violation of law.
The ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal has given Trump a “major judicial blockade” to trade policy, according to the U.S. media. Trump has not surrendered at the moment, announcing that he will resign the appeal to the Supreme Court and postpone the tariff policy until October 14.
On the one hand, Trump’s tariff policy has led to an increase in U.S. inflation pressure, the CPI ratio of 4.2% in August 2025, partly due to import cost transfer, and U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises are suffering the cost of high tariffs. And Democratic governors, such as California’s Newton, sharply criticize Trump’s tariffs as “illegal and harmful to the economy”, and Republicans are also concerned that trade protectionism will impact mid-term elections.
So is Trump, as president, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit qualified to veto Trump's tariff policy? In fact, the reason why Trump dares to impose tariffs on the whole world is to quote the emergency economic power granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of the United States. Therefore, the core controversy in this case lies in whether the government abused this law. At present, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found that this is Trump's abuse of power. If Trump also loses the case in the Supreme Court, then Trump is likely to have to consider freezing tariff policies, such as extensive tariff measures against China, Mexico, Canada and other countries.
As early as April 2, this year, Trump on the basis of the so-called "to deal with the trade deficit and the Fentanyl crisis", signed an executive order, a breath of tariffs of 10 percent to 50 percent on the world's 187 countries, of which the tax rate on Chinese imports of US goods reached 30 percent, on Mexico, Canada 25 percent and 35 percent respectively.
On May 28, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that the policy was illegal for the first time. That is to say, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that IEEPA did not give Trump such broad powers, but only authorized the president to respond to "specific emergency threats." Taking financial control measures, and Trump's large-scale global tariffs exceeded the scope of the law. Now, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit once again upheld the original sentence with a vote of 7 - 4, giving Trump a "head in the head." In fact, the attitude is very clear. IEEPA did not mention the word tariff at all and cannot be used as a basis for global taxation.
In fact, this ruling is undoubtedly good news for countries such as China, India, and Brazil that have suffered heavy taxes from Trump. After all, through the internal legal system of the United States, Trump's tariff policy is forced to make concessions. This not only helps trade among various countries, but is also beneficial to global economic recovery.
Although the Trump administration has lost, but Trump, who is in power, is still likely to maintain the urgent implementation of tariff measures through other legal instruments, such as Article 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act of the United States, which allows taxation of specific industries (such as steel, aluminum, automobiles) in the name of "national security".
Moreover, you know, within the Supreme Court, Trump has already planted six conservative justices, so it's hard to say who will win in the end. But in any case, countries around the world need to be alert to the danger of U.S. trade protection policy and promote supply chain diversification and regional trade cooperation, so as to cope with the general trend of U.S. unilateralism.