Mark Carney on the US Court of International Trade Decision

[Norbert]

"It confirmed what we always held: that American tariffs against Canadian are unlawful and unjustified."

[BOSSHOG]

1. Mr Carney is right, but

I’d prefer he referred to them properly as trumps tariffs. The good guys still want to be buds with Canadians.

[Irish_Dem]

2. In a democracy We The People are responsible for our government.

One third voted for Trump. They wanted Trump in office.
Another one third didn't vote. They didn't care if Trump got into office.

[spanone]

3. K&R

[rurallib]

4. Thanks for posting!

[Cha]

5. Mahalo, Norbert & PM

Mark Carney.

[Efilroft Sul]

6. And then the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which oversees the US CIT, reversed the decision.

From the linked article below:

"A federal appeals court allowed President Trump's sweeping tariffs to temporarily stay in effect, a day after the US Court of International Trade blocked their implementation after deeming the method used to enact them "unlawful."

"That means Trump's tariff agenda remains intact, if in flux, in the latest twist in the unfolding legal saga."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-appeals-court-allows-tariffs-to-stay-in-effect-after-trade-court-rebuke-191201904.html?.tsrc=1340&ncid=crm_-1285232-20250529-272--A&bt_user_id=nFJBdiOUqlEslvrMDNC5WOir%2FH2Tiojfa2WmzfT0jc7tUNOnEvrscpT1UUm%2BkRR%2Bal%2BDDZKf%2BUVue%2FX8sjj3uuelBYRP7zaU3fPIWXamQPgRLFljNJAMw32qlw%2BCspMu&bt_ts=1748549726131

Crap.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. In order to get a stay of the ruling on tariffs, trump's attorneys had to promise to refund all tariffs

trump's attorneys had to make the legal commitment to refund all tariffs in order to get a stay of the rulings on trump's tariffs. The court of appeals issued the stay of the two injunctions based on the agreement by the trump administration to refund all tariffs if the ruling of these two courts are upheld on appeal. 

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

BREAKING - Trump admin pledges to refund tariffs: Donald Trump’s Justice Department persuaded the U.S. Court of Appeals to stay the lower court’s injunction on his emergency tariffs—after pledging to refund anyone who paid them if it ultimately loses. In its filings, the government stated, “If tariffs imposed on plaintiffs during these appeals are ultimately held unlawful, then the government will issue refunds to plaintiffs, including any post-judgment interest that accrues.” The court granted the stay.

[Efilroft Sul]

8. I saw that on The Last Word, uh, last night.

I have my doubts about the Trump administration providing refunds (he has a history of stiffing businesses) or honoring the ruling of any court that tries to reel in his executive authority. It all comes down to who is going to enforce the ruling.