<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s sweeping 10 per cent tariff on nearly all imports globally has been found to be illegal by a US court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Court of International Trade struck down the taxes that the president applied in February.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump brought in those tariffs using a provision in a 1974 law that had never before been used for that purpose.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/could-you-beat-donald-trump-in-a-fight-poll-results-ufc-event/41cb10ab-ac15-4fd2-bfe9-34b66bd246f5"><strong><span>Americans asked if they could beat Donald Trump in a fight</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the court found that the law was wrongly invoked to apply the tariffs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House is yet to comment on the ruling, which would require the US government to make another massive refund to importers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The tariffs applied to most countries, including Australia.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-struck-down-trade-court-usa-politics-news/75365316-b98f-4493-980d-a15354c855bc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The administration argued that when the 1974 law spoke of "balance of payments deficits", it was the same as a "trade deficit".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the court was unimpressed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is clear that Congress was aware of the differences in the words it chose," the judges wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump brought in the 10 per cent blanket tariff in February after the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-supreme-court-rules-donald-trump-emergency-tariffs-are-illegal/1ca36da0-2e48-4135-80ae-ff1c3cd6820c?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nine.com.au&amp;utm_content=feed&amp;utm_term=nine_digital" rel="" target="" title="Supreme Court struck down his other tariffs"><span>Supreme Court struck down his other tariffs</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The administration is now mired in the bureaucratic headache of refunding more than $180 billion in unlawful taxes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I hate to pay people back," a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-judges-tariff-decision-usa-news-latest-supreme-court/bbbd3c3d-82fc-436a-8654-9cc7e5d26527" rel="" target="" title="visibly angry Trump"><span>visibly angry Trump</span></a><span> said when speaking about that decision earlier this week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/kamikaze-dolphins-pete-hegseth-defence-secretary-iran-war-latest-updates/6053a592-c690-45c1-96d3-13aa255cc56e"><strong><span>US Defence Secretary 'won't confirm or deny' use of 'kamikaze dolphins'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The administration will now also have to also refund all the tariff money taken in the past three months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump can still appeal today's decision to the Supreme Court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But in issuing their ruling today, the judges specifically cited February's Supreme Court decision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Democrats are now using the refund delays as a cudgel against Trump.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's been 75 days since the Supreme Court ruled the president's tariff-taxes illegal," Senator John Hickenlooper said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He still refuses to pay you back."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia's biggest export to the US is still under an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-imposes-100-per-cent-pharmaceutical-tariffs/c1e4352a-4974-4d53-a333-daadbe68aa1f" rel="" target="" title="100 per cent tariff applied under a different law"><span>100 per cent tariff applied under a different law</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia exports $1.6 billion in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mifepristone-us-court-abortion-drug-pill-pregnancy-termination-usa-politics-news/60ec0b02-cd5e-4365-bc0c-5bc5d8937167" rel="" target="" title="pharmaceutical products"><span>pharmaceutical products</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-tariffs-liberation-day-what-does-australia-export-to-the-united-states/6e482eb4-b1ec-4d95-abe0-9760b6259f16" rel="" target="" title="What do Australians buy from the US, and what do we sell to them?"><strong><span>What do Australians buy from the US, and what do we sell to them?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The bulk of the sector's value comes from one company, CSL, a major producer of blood plasma products based in Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is the wrong decision by a partner of a successful free trade agreement that has endured for more than 20 years," Health Minister Mark Butler said when it was introduced.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want the US administration to think again and to reverse this decision."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The minister reassured that the tariffs will not have an impact on pharmaceutical prices to customers here in Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> 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