The US Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear arguments in November on the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, after his administration asked for an expedited ruling on the issue.

A lower court found that Trump exceeded his authority in tapping emergency economic powers to impose wide-ranging duties but allowed them to temporarily stay in place, giving the Republican leader time to take the fight to the top court.

Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose “reciprocal” tariffs on almost all US trading partners, with a 10-percent baseline level and higher rates for dozens of economies including the European Union and Japan.

He tapped similar powers to slap separate tariffs on Mexico, Canada

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