The latest turn in Trump's tariffs drama saw a federal appeals court reinstate his tariffs plan - after the Court of International Trade on Wednesday ruled that the US president did not have the authority to slap nearly every country with tariffs.

The Court of Appeals accepted the White House's appeal to the earlier ruling - the one that requested they halt their tariffs within 10 days - saying that the tariffs plans could remain in place while the court "considers the motions paper".

While Trump is yet to directly comment - on the trade court ruling yesterday or the appeals court ruling - one of his top advisors, Peter Navarro, took to the White House driveway to say the administration was prepared to take the case "up the chain of command" after the appeals court if necessary. This would mean asking the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of its tariff plan.

Meanwhile, here's a quick reminder of what the markets looked like earlier today, following the trade court's ruling last yesterday:

• Asia's markets were up, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index up by 1.9%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng by 1.1%, and South Korea's Kospi index by 1.8%

• When the UK markets opened, the FTSE 100 was up by about 0.3%, but flattened within hours - while the pound was down 0.1% and trading between $1.34 and $1.35
• The US markets also opened in positive territory, with the Nasdaq up 1.1%, the Dow Jones rising 0.2%, and S&P 500 gaining about 0.9%

And with that, we will be ending our live coverage for the day. If you'd like to keep up with the latest on this story, the following article will be kept up to date: Trump tariffs reinstated as legal battle erupts

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White House economics advisor Kevin Hassett calls the appeals court move a "big victory" for Trump, adding that they are "very pleased with the ruling".

Speaking to Fox News, he says: "We expected it... President Trump's case is ironclad, and the appeals court took almost no time at all - in fact, we're surprised it took until the end of the day to overturn this previous ruling.

"The bottom line is that President Trump's trade team has their eyes on the horizon. They understand that we've got to make America great again by making trade deals fair."

On Wednesday, a US federal court ruled against President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade tariffs.

The US Court of International Trade had ruled that Trump overstepped his authority by using a 1977 federal economic emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country.

It gave the White House 10 days to complete the bureaucratic process of halting the tariffs, although some are currently suspended anyway.

Now - in the latest twist in the tariff saga - a federal court has reinstated Trump's tariff plan as an appeal lodged by the White House makes its way through the courts.

This means, for the time being, the tariffs remain in effect and will not be blocked after 10 days as ordered by the Court of International Trade.

The US president has not yet commented on the US Court of Appeals ruling today - as a reminder, the court asked for a pause on the enforcement of the Court of International Trade's ruling on Wednesday that gave the Trump administration 10 days to halt his sweeping tariffs.

While the White House had immediately challenged the trade court's ruling, Trump has also not directly commented on that either.

Before it was published, however, he was asked about a nickname given to him by some critics on Wall Street: Taco - which stands for "Trump always chickens out".

Trump has repeatedly changed his stance on tariffs, such as on the rates for China which have been slashed from 145% to 30%.

Trump responded that "it's called negotiation", and accused a reporter of asking a "nasty question".

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Washington

The federal appeals court's decision has given the Trump administration a temporary victory - although it may only be a short-lived one while legal battles continue to take place.

It's a familiar pattern that we've seen several times during the administration, with court cases revolving around other issues such as immigration.

But that does not mean the White House has won. As trade advisor Peter Navarro told reporters just a short while ago, the reinstatement merely allows the administration to go "up the chain" of the court system.

Broadly, the White House sees the court system as having impeded its policy objectives - of which tariffs are one of the primary, most high-profile ones.

Navarro, for example, accused the court of breaking "the promise" that the administration made to "end the unfair trade practices of foreign nations".

The ongoing clashes between the White House and the courts will, ultimately, be one of the defining elements of his first year in office.

Lisa Lambert
BBC News Washington

When Peter Navarro was speaking to reporters just now, he said that the White House had gotten "plenty of phone calls from other countries" this morning asking about the ruling.

According to Navarro, "we're going to continue to negotiate in good faith" on trade deals and "we understand that that court decision is not going to stop you from doing what you need to do".

Navarro also said that we "will see a cascade of new deals coming out in the near future".

Navarro is a senior counsellor on trade and manufacturing to Trump and was also top trade official at the White House in Trump's first term.

Lisa Lambert
BBC News Washington

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A few minutes after news broke that the trade court's ruling had been temporarily paused, one of Trump's top advisers, Peter Navarro, came out to talk to the press on the White House driveway.

He said that the White House was ready to take its case "up the chain of command" after the appeals court if necessary - meaning it was ready to ask the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality on its tariff plan.

Navarro then went further.

"You can assume that even if we lose, we will do it another way," he said. "And I can assure the American people that the Trump tariff agenda is alive, well, healthy and will be implemented to protect you."

The comments implied the administration may be working on ways to still impose new import taxes regardless of what plays out in the court system.

Navarro, who was a leading official on trade and helped negotiate deals in Trump's first term as president, said that last night's ruling "did not catch us by surprise".

As we have been reporting, a federal appeal court in Washington DC has reinstated Trump's plan for global tariffs.

Here is the wording from the court:

The court directed the original plaintiffs, a group of small business importers and separately a number of US attorneys general, to file their response to the US government's appeal by 5 June.

The Trump administration is also ordered to submit its reply no later than 9 June.

The initial tariffs

Earlier this year, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on almost every country.

He also announced higher rates for some countries like Mexico, Canada and China, which he linked to issues like the illegal flow of fentanyl into the US.

In addition to this, he increased industry-specific tariffs, applying an additional 25% rate on steel, aluminium and cars.

Wednesday's ruling

Last night, the Court of International Trade ruled that Trump didn't have the power to impose the sweeping tariffs under emergency law, meaning his plans to impose a baseline 10% tariff on all nations - as well as higher levies on certain countries - were temporarily blocked.

The court was not asked to address the industry-specific tariffs, which fall under a different law.

Tariffs temporarily reinstated

A federal appeals court has now reinstated Trump's tariff plan, after the White House filed an appeal earlier.

The tariffs will remain in place while the case makes its way through the courts.

Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration that were struck down by a trade court on Wednesday will remain in place while the White House's appeal makes its way through the courts.

This comes after three federal court judges blocked Trump's global tariffs, saying the president had overstepped his authority.

We'll bring you further updates on this soon - stay with us.

Asya Robins and Hafsa Khalil
Live reporters

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Last night, the Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency law invoked by the White House does not give US President Donald Trump unilateral authority to slap tariffs on nearly every country.

The Trump administration says it will go to the Supreme Court on Friday, unless an appeals court grants its request to block the ruling.

Here's a recap of how markets have reacted:

• Asia's markets were up, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index up by 1.9%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng by 1.1%, and South Korea's Kospi index by 1.8%

• When the UK markets opened, the FTSE 100 was up by about 0.3%, but flattened within hours - while the pound was down 0.1% and trading between $1.34 and $1.35
• The US markets also opened in positive territory, with the Nasdaq up 1.1%, the Dow Jones rising 0.2%, and S&P 500 gaining about 0.9%

And here's a look at our team's analysis of the ruling:

• Economics editor Faisal Islam says the tariff ruling completely changes the global trade war

• Our political and investigations correspondent Joe Pike says the UK government - which has already negotiated a trade deal with the US - will be keeping its head down during the latest in Trump's tariff drama

• Business reporter Vishala Sri-Pathma says the market reaction was smaller than expected, with analysts saying that uncertainty is weighing on investors' minds

We will be pausing our live coverage for the day - thank you for joining us. For even more on this story, you can check out our news article.

Trump's feud with the US court systempublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 29 May

19:33 BST 29 May

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

Donald Trump's cabinet has reacted with fury to the court's decision on tariffs - with White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller going as far as to describe the ruling as a "judicial coup".

Another White House official, spokesperson Kush Desai, said it is "not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency".

While the clash with the courts over tariffs is among the most high-profile of the administration, Trump and his administration have often found themselves thwarted, even if only temporarily, by federal judges.

This has perhaps been most evident when it comes to immigration policy, on everything from deportation flights to the bid to end birth-right citizenship of those born in the US - each prompting a flurry of legal battles.

In another case this week, a court prevented Trump's administration from revoking Harvard's permission to enrol foreign students on visas.

These clashes with have put judges in the crosshairs of the administration, which believes that judges have too much power over the functions of the US executive.

The outcome of these battles, experts warn, will be able to set precedent and continue to have impact long after Trump leaves the White House.

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We've just heard from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who laid out the Trump administration's stance on the federal court ruling that blocked most of the president's tariffs.

Here's what she said:

• Leavitt criticised the court's ruling on the tariffs as an example of "judicial overreach" by the judges
• She added that Trump's tariffs were introduced to tackle US trade deficits with other nations and said the taxes are "legally sound" and "long overdue"
• Leavitt hit out at the judges in the briefing, saying they were threatening to "undermine" America's credibility on the global stage
• When asked why other countries would continue with trade negotiations, she said the US ambassador for trade had heard from countries this morning that they intended to continue working with the US
• "We will win this battle in court," she told media, adding that the court is trying to stop Trump from "correcting the wrongs of the past"

Jonathan Josephs
BBC business reporter

Prior to Leavitt's comments, I spoke to one of the lawyers who worked on the case central to the trade court's decision.

The case that was decided on at the Court for International Trade was brought by a group of five small businesses, with the help of the non-profit law firm the Liberty Justice Center.

One of the centre’s lawyers who worked on the case is Jeffrey Schwab and he’s clarified to the BBC that its suspension of tariffs applies to all of the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs that President Trump announced on 2 April, as well as the tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico that were announced separately.

The judgement is based on what President Trump has tried to do under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and in it there is an explanation of some of the other legal options he has in order to change US trade policy.

However, Schwab says: “Those statutes also have certain procedures and limitations to them, so it is not entirely clear that the president could do exactly the same thing on the same timeline”.

What he’s pointing to is that the other options President Trump has are likely to take longer to implement and would give him less leeway when it comes to details such as what rate tariffs are charged at.

Leavitt's just told the White House press briefing room: "We will win this battle in court."

She had been asked whether Trump had spoken to any other nations about the trade court's decision, to which she says Trump has spoken to Japan's Shigeru Ishiba and had a "very good discussion".

"We still expect countries around the world to treat us fairly," she says about international trade.

She tells the press that the court is trying to stop Trump from "correcting the wrongs of the past".

Leavitt says the Trump administration will consider other avenues to carry out trade policy despite decision yesterday.

She says the president has other legal authorities that he could use. She is asked if the White House is already reviewing those other avenues or waiting to see the current case play out, Leavitt says they are doing both.

"We can walk and chew gum," she says.

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Leavitt is now asked why other countries would continue trade negotiations with the US after the court ruling on tariffs.

She says other countries around the world have "faith" in Trump, who she described as "the negotiator in chief". She adds that other countries "see how ridiculous" the ruling is.

The press secretary adds that "we intend to win" the legal battle against the ruling - referring to the Trump administration saying it would go to the Supreme Court if it's unable to block the ruling.

Karoline Leavitt continues, saying that the US ambassador for trade has heard from countries this morning that they intend to continue with trade negotiations with America.

Leavitt is asked by a reporter from the conservative outlet The Federalist, who is seating in the "new media" seat today, if there is an "actual effort" by the White House to "tackle" judges and nationwide injunctions.

She replies: "There is an effort to tackle rogue judges and the injunctions."

She says the White House will fight every single one of the legal challenges the administration has faced including "radical injunctions".

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The three judges that made the ruling overturning Trump's tariffs "brazenly abused" their judicial power, Leavitt says.

She claims that they have used their judicial powers to stop the president from carrying out the mandate that the American people gave him when he won the presidential election last year.

Leavitt says "courts should have no role here" and that there is a "trend of unelected judges inserting themselves into the legislative process", adding that trade negotiations shouldn't be "railroaded" by them.

These judges are threatening to "undermine" the US's credibility on the global stage, she says.

White House press Secretary Karoline Leavitt begins the briefing with a blistering critique of today's ruling. She says their decision was an example of "judicial overreach" by the judges.

She says Trump introduced tariffs to tackle US trade deficits with other nations, which she describes as an extraordinary threat to national security and the economy.

Trump's tariffs were "legally sound," she says, adding that the tariffs were we "long overdue" and "bold stance" on the trade deficit.