The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against President Donald Trump's 10-per-cent global tariffs, deeming them unjustified under a 1970s trade law, but only blocked the levy on two small businesses (Basic Fun! and Burlap & Barrel) and Washington State. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says the court ruled in favour of the two businesses and Washington State that challenged the tariffs. The ruling was 2-1, with one judge saying it was premature to grant victory to the plaintiffs. The trade court declined to issue an injunction that blocks the tariffs for all importers, rejecting a request from a group of 24 states, saying those states did not have standing to ask for that relief. The court ruled that most of the states that sued were not importers who had paid or could have paid the Section 122 tariffs. Washington submitted evidence that it paid tariffs through the University of Washington, a public research institution. The duties will remain in place for other importers during any government appeal. The two small businesses had argued the new tariffs were an attempt to sidestep a landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down Mr. Trump's 2025 tariffs.