What did the appeals court say?
In its 7-4 decision, the appellate court backed a lower court's finding that Trump did not have the authority to impose global tariffs.
This was largely because of the law Trump used to justify the policies, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which the judges said did not grant "the power to impose tariffs, duties, or the like, or the power to tax."
The US Court of Appeals rejected Trump's argument that the tariffs were permitted under his emergency economic powers, calling the levies "invalid as contrary to law."
Trump immediately criticized the judgement, taking to Truth Social in the hours after it landed to call the appeals court "highly partisan" and the ruling a "disaster" for the country.
"If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America," he wrote.