Carney welcomes U.S. court decision striking down parts of Trump's tariffs agenda

John Paul Tasker · CBC News

· Posted: May 29, 2025 11:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday helium welcomed a U.S. tribunal determination that struck down parts of Donald Trump's tariffs regime, with judges saying the president overstepped his constitutional authority by imposing sweeping levies connected planetary goods.

Carney said the court's findings are "consistent with Canada's long-standing position" that Trump's tariffs are "unlawful arsenic good arsenic unjustified."

But Carney warned that this tribunal determination nullifies lone immoderate of Trump's Canadian-focused tariffs — the borderline information ones imposed to seemingly spur a crackdown connected drugs and migrants are present successful jeopardy — but different U.S. tariffs connected Canadian steel, aluminum and autos are unaffected by this peculiar judgment.

Carney said those remaining levies — called "Section 232" tariffs due to the fact that of the conception of the commercialized instrumentality utilized to enforce them connected "national security" grounds — are besides "unjustified," and there's a hazard Trump could usage that conception to people different "strategic sectors" successful the Canada, including lumber, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.

"We admit that our trading narration with the U.S. is inactive profoundly and adversely affected," helium said.

Carney said it remains a apical precedence for his authorities to "establish a caller economical and information relationship" with the U.S. adjacent aft judges handed Trump a loss.

WATCH: Prime Minister Carney welcomes U.S. tribunal determination striking down immoderate Trump tariffs:

The United States Court of International Trade dealt a perchance fatal stroke to large chunks of Trump's commercialized docket Wednesday by ruling helium didn't person the authorization to bash what he's done with alleged "reciprocal" tariffs connected imports from virtually each state due to the fact that imposing tariffs should mostly beryllium the work of lawmakers successful Congress.

Importantly, the court's determination besides voids the border-related tariffs that were slapped connected Canadian goods to supposedly rein successful fentanyl exports and migrants, with the tribunal ruling imposing tariffs utilizing exigency powers for this crushed was inappropriate due to the fact that there's nary consecutive enactment betwixt commercialized enactment and the occupation Trump is trying to solve.

"The tribunal does not walk upon the contented oregon apt effectiveness of the president's usage of tariffs arsenic leverage. That usage is impermissible not due to the fact that it is unwise oregon ineffective but due to the fact that [the law] does not let it," the tribunal ruled, saying borderline tariffs are a "clear misconstruction" of the president's commercialized powers nether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

"We bash not work IEEPA to delegate an unbounded tariff authorization to the president. We alternatively work IEEPA's provisions to enforce meaningful limits connected immoderate specified authorization it confers."

The White House has already said it volition entreaty the determination to a higher court.