IP Law Daily, VITAL BRIEFING—Administration to appeal Trump’s latest tariff defeat, (May 15, 2026)
In arguing for a stay of the Court of International Trade’s decision pending appeals, the government asserted that it should be able to continue collecting the Section 122 tariffs it would be prohibited from collecting in the event the CIT ruling is upheld.
In this installment of Tariff Insights, Thomas Thompson explores the Trump administration’s recent efforts to pursue the imposition of a global across-the-board 10 percent tariff under the Trade Act of 1974, despite a 2-1 adverse ruling from a Court of International Trade (CIT) panel. Thompson also takes look at dramatically lower U.S. beef exports to China in the past year, as well as the administration’s likely moves to provide further tariff relief for beef imported from South America.
Some of the matters Thompson discusses in this piece include:
The CIT’s rationale for finding the Section 122 tariffs invalid, which turns on the meaning of the term “balance-of-payments deficits,” as well as Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s vehement disagreement with the court’s interpretation which is driving the government’s appellate challenge.
Prior actions from the Trump administration to increase the supply and reduce tariffs on South American beef, which have had little impact as U.S. beef prices continue to reach record price levels.
Objections from U.S. cattle ranchers and their representatives in Congress to provide additional tariff relief to Argentinian and Brazilian beef producers, which have resulted in the president delaying future executive orders on the topic.
To read the article, click Administration to appeal Trump’s latest tariff defeat.
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