Court Fight Over Trump Ending Tariff Exemption Goes Forward (1)

A court fight over President Donald Trump’s decision to end a US policy that exempted small-value packages from China from tariffs is moving ahead over the administration’s opposition.

A federal judge on Thursday denied the US Justice Department’s request to pause litigation over what’s known as the “de minimis” tariff exception while a broader fight over Trump’s move to raise global tariffs on imported goods is pending. Amid that fight, the president’s tariffs remain in effect.

Packages coming into the US have qualifiedfor the exception if they have a retail value of $800 or less. Trump’s move to ...