The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to US steel import tariffs imposed in 2018 under former President Donald Trump

The Court rejected an appeal by a group of US-based steel importers of a lower court’s ruling rejecting their challenge to the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs.

During his time in office, during a period characterised by trade disputes with China, Trump invoked Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1962, which allows a US president to restrict imports of goods critical to national security.

According to Reuters, the Biden administration, which has largely maintained President Trump’s tariff policy, urged the justices not to take up the appeal.