“One day after a federal court declared many of his tariffs to be illegal, President Trump and his top aides rushed on Thursday to resuscitate the centerpiece of the administration’s trade agenda, seeking to restore their ability to use the threat of eye-watering import taxes to force other nations into submission,” the New York Times reports.
“Shortly after the ruling, the administration petitioned two sets of judges to allow it to continue imposing its tariffs, reflecting a growing fear throughout the White House that a legal defeat could severely undercut its capacity to wage a global trade war.”
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