Washington DC, Feb. 20 -- The United States' Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on goods from nearly all partner countries violated federal law, US media reported.

As per a report in The Washington Post, the ruling deals a major blow to his signature economic policy and represents a stinging political setback.

CBS News reported that the Supreme Court in a 6-3 verdict said that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, does not authorize the President to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country under a federal emergency powers law, delivering a significant blow to the president's signature economic policy.

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