U.S. Trade Court Blocks Trump’s 10% Tariff on Most Imports

A panel of federal judges on Thursday, May 7, 2026, blocked the Trump administration from imposing a 10% tariff on most U.S. imports, ruling that the duties were not authorized under the trade law the White House cited.

In a split decision, the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York found that the administration had improperly invoked a decades-old statute when it applied the duties in February.

The ruling is a legal setback for the White House’s push to impose broad import taxes without explicit congressional approval. It also comes asourceser the Supreme Court previously struck down a different set of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

The decision could have wider implications for the executive branch’s authority to set trade policy through tariffs.