With a large chunk of Donald Trump’s tariffs in potential legal jeopardy, trade experts and business groups say Canada won’t benefit as much as other countries if the levies are gone for good.

The reasons? A court ruling only struck down one class of tariffs, the Trump administration has already appealed the decision to the Supreme Court , and there are plenty of other mechanisms for the U.S. to target imports.

“I think the Canadian negotiators are not relying on the U.S. courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court,” said veteran trade lawyer John Boscariol, head of the international trade group at McCarthy Tetrault.

Last week’s federal appeals court ruling only applied to Trump’s broad-based “Liberation Day” tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA

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