A court ruling invalidating President Trump’s sweeping tariffs was halted hours later, throwing into question the administration’s overall approach to trade.

A US federal court has blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade tariffs, in a major blow to a key component of his economic policies. The Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency law invoked by the White House did not give the president unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every one of the world's countries.

A court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s trade policy by ruling against his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify a swath of tariffs. Analysts caution that the decision doesn’t mark the end of the trade war but likely will result in a pivot by the administration.