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Bloomberg
29-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump's Global Tariffs Are Ruled Illegal by US Trade Court
A US court blocked President Donald Trump's global tariffs, deeming them illegal and plunging his chaotic trade policy into deeper confusion. The panel of judges at the US Court of International Trade sided with Democratic-led states and businesses that accused Trump of wrongfully invoking an emergency law to justify his levies. While it's set to be appealed, the ruling — one of the biggest legal setbacks for the Trump administration — is likely to embolden those who want the tariffs rolled back. It certainly seemed to encourage investors who, spooked by the century-high tariffs and plans to cut taxes, had recently taken to a ' sell America ' trade. The news boosted US stock-index futures and the dollar, as well as equity markets in Japan and South Korea. Timothy Moe, chief Asia Pacific equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, warned that the Trump administration could still find substitute measures to maintain tariffs. 'This might be considered a body blow, but it's not the final rendering,' he said in a Bloomberg TV interview. We discuss this topic and more in the Bloomberg Daybreak podcast, available on Apple, Spotify or anywhere you listen. The US plans to start 'aggressively' revoking visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, highlighting the administration's push for greater scrutiny of foreigners attending American universities. Students affected would include 'those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,' he said, adding that the US will enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from mainland China and Hong Kong. China had the second most students in the US of any country in 2024, behind India.
CBC
23-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Court rules archdiocese rightful owner of embattled Portugal Cove South church
A Supreme Court judge has ruled the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John's is the rightful owner of a Portugal Cove South church, and granted an injunction that prohibits residents from interfering in its sale. The corporation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, a group under supervised creditor protection, has worked to sell Holy Rosary Church as part of an attempt to raise more than $100 million to compensate victims of clergy abuse and pay other creditors. Residents of the region and the Portugal Cove South Historical Corporation had argued the episcopal corporation had not established proper title over the property — and that they had an equitable interest in the church after it raised more roughly $134,000 for renovations in 2020. In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Garrett Handrigan wrote that while the corporation's argument of the archdiocese was true through a lack of title documentation, he noted that there have been other scenarios historically in rural Newfoundland and Labrador where land that is donated for a purpose and used for that purpose can translate to the occupiers becoming 'owners' of that land over time. In the end, Handrigan wrote he was satisfied in ruling that the corporation is the rightful owner of the land the church stands on. Alongside the ruling of land ownership, Handrigan also gave the episcopal corporation a permanent injunction to prohibit the Portugal Cove South Historical Corporation, and anyone acting with knowledge of the injunction, from interfering with the sale of the church in any way. Residents of Portugal Cove South made headlines in 2024, when local catholics changed the building's locks and issued warnings to anyone who was considering buying the property. Court documents cited two people walking away from buying the church because of the community's distaste for them. Handrigan wrote in his ruling that he felt the episcopal corporation was entitled to a permanent injunction because of the vigor of opposition. The ruling cited a letter written by residents to Archbishop Peter Hundt in August 2024, which read "We strongly oppose your actions concerning our church and as a united community we will do all in our power to stop anyone from purchasing this property." If those comments were to be taken literally, Handrigan wrote, he believed there was reason to fear people may disturb the peace or put others at risk. The church was originally listed for $75,000, but according to real estate agency Century 21 Canada it was on the market for $48,000 as of May.
Washington Post
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Trump administration faces court pressure to return deported migrants
A federal judge in Washington on Friday gave the Trump administration one week to identify its efforts to return Kilmar Abrego García, as well as 137 Venezuelan men deported to an El Salvador prison under the wartime Alien Enemies Act — a ruling that came a few hours before the U.S. Supreme Court maintained a block of some deportations of migrants under that law.
