A federal appeals court allowed President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs to remain in effect on Tuesday while it reviews a lower court decision blocking them on grounds that Trump had exceeded his authority by imposing them.

Federal appeals court allows Trump's sweeping tariffs to remain, citing exceptional importance, while reviewing lower court decision.

A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause it granted shortly after another panel of judges ruled in late May that the import taxes were illegal.