U.S. Court of Appeals Issues Short-Term Stay of Decision that President Trump Does Not Have Authority to Impose Latest Tariffs

On 12 May 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a short-term administrative stay of the injunctions recently ordered by the U.S. Court of International Trade in regard to the 10% tariff introduced by the Trump administration under section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. As previously reported, the Court of International Trade issued an Opinion and Order on 7 May 2026, finding that President Trump does not have authority to introduce a global (worldwide) tariff of 10% u…