President Trump’s threat to impose big charges — including 50 percent on the European Union — was in question after judges blocked his across-the-board levies.

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.

As a court ruling interrupts President Donald Trump’s tariff plans, the U.S.-Europe trade relationship continues to chafe under his bully-to-bargain style.