New Delhi, May 29 -- The Trump administration is urging the New York-based US Court of International Trade to delay the enforcement of a ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs, warning it could spark a "foreign policy disaster scenario," a news report stated.

On Thursday (May 29), the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a request for a stay of the court's judgment, arguing that enforcement would cause "immediate irreparable harm to US foreign policy and national security," ABC News reported.

"It is critical, for the country's national security and the President's conduct of ongoing, delicate diplomatic efforts, that the Court stay its judgment," DOJ attorneys wrote.

"The harm to the conduct of foreign affair...