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.

The judicial body that has delivered a major setback to President Donald Trump’s tariff plans is one most will have never heard of.The Court of International Trade is a federal body and consists of nine judges appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate,