**Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Against Tariffs**

In response to a recent judicial ruling, the Trump administration has requested the intervention of a federal appeals court to block a judgment that declared sweeping tariffs masterminded by President Donald Trump as "unlawful." On Monday, officials expressed concerns that multiple court decisions thwarting these tariffs are jeopardizing delicate international trade discussions with numerous global partners.

This appeal stems from a lawsuit initiated by two children's toy companies. Last week, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., determined that President Trump lacks the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs intended to restructure the global trade landscape. This pivotal ruling came just hours after the Court of International Trade reached a similar conclusion, temporarily disabling Trump’s tariff measures.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, while agreeing on the unlawfulness of the tariffs, issued a narrower order. His ruling specifically blocked the enforcement of the tariffs only against the two companies involved in the lawsuit. Subsequently, a federal appeals court briefly delayed the effect of the Court of International Trade's decision.

In their Monday filing, the Trump administration criticized Judge Contreras' verdict as fundamentally flawed. They argued that it undermines the President’s negotiatory stance at a time when international trade talks are exceedingly fragile. The filing emphasized that deeming the tariffs invalid disrupts the entire premise of current negotiations, which rely on the credibility of the tariffs as a bargaining chip.

Furthermore, Department of Justice lawyers contended that Judge Contreras overstepped his jurisdiction. They posited that legal debates over trade policies should be exclusively managed by the Court of International Trade, not by a district court.