President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 25% tariff on imports from India and levy "a penalty" on the country for buying military equipment and energy from Russia.
India vows to protect farmers as Trump's 25% tariff threat sparks opposition fury reut.rs/4oggp2I
-- Reuters (@reuters.com) Jul 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Appellate judges question Trump's authority to impose tariffs without Congress
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... Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over President Donald Trump's legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs.
Members of the 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington appeared unconvinced by the Trump administration's insistence that the president could impose tariffs without congressional approval, and it hammered its invocation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to do so.
"IEEPA doesn't even mention the word tariffs' anywhere," Circuit Judge Jimmie Reyna said, in a sign of the panel's incredulity to a government attorney's arguments. ...
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