President Donald Trump warns of economic ruination if courts rule against his tariffs after the U.S. Court of International Trade blocks emergency import taxes.

The Trump administration has asked a U.S. appeals court to block a recent ruling declaring its sweeping tariffs illegal. The White House stated in an emergency motion to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that stopping the tariffs poses a danger to crucial trade talks already underway with dozens of countries.

President Donald Trump is using his love of tariffs to threaten high-profile American companies. Over the past month, Trump has said he’d like to target two specific and very different companies – Apple and Mattel – with tariffs aimed at their key products over comments by their CEOs.

President Trump has agreed to extend a deadline to negotiate tariffs with the European Union (EU) by more than a month. Trump had previously announced a 20% tariff on most EU goods, later reducing this to 10% to allow time for negotiations.

President Trump has agreed to extend the deadline for negotiating tariffs with the European Union by more than a month. This decision comes after a period of heightened tensions following Trump’s threat to raise tariffs on EU goods to 50%.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping haven't spoken since before Mr. Trump took office, but Trump administration officials say a call between the two leaders could happen as soon as this week to discuss the ongoing trade war.