ITV News announces humiliating Donald Trump blow - and it's bad news for Keir Starmer

correspondent Lucrezia Millarini addressed the latest blow for administration during Thursday night's broadcast which could have repurcussions for the UK. A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Trump overstepped his authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have raised the cost of imports and impacted global trade.

But the US administration immediately appealed the decision on Wednesday night, leaving the situation uncertain for consumers and companies and potentially prolonging the battle over whether Trump's import duties will stand - and possibly reshape the global economy.

Speaking on ITV News, Lucrezia began: "To the United States now, and a US court has knocked down Donald Trump's wide ranging tariffs. It was only last month when he unveiled taxes on imports in almost every country around the world.

"American judges have ruled the president did not have the power to do so. The White House has said they will appeal. At the moment we'll look at what it all means for the UK."

Speaking with economics editor Joel Hills from the Bank of England, Lucrezia questioned how this will impact Sir Keir Starmer's recent trade deal with the US.

Joel explained: "This legal ruling has disarmed Donald Trump of the tariff stick he was using to beat other countries like the UK into making concessions - it was not just the UK though. It was China and the EU.

"As far as the UK economy is concerned and the Bank of England made clear earlier this month, Trump's tariff war has not been a disaster but massively unhelpful. If tariffs are cancelled then obviously that would be welcomed - but for some sectors of the economy what happens next is important - the car industry and the steel industry."

The ITV business editor explained it could spell bad news for Sir Keir if he is unable to get the UK's recent US trade deal "over the line".

"The government really needs to get the trade deal it announced three weeks ago over the line finally," Joel remarked, "which will help them enormously."

Although the UK has done a deal with the US to reduce car tariffs to 10% and steel and aluminium tariffs to zero, that deal is yet to come into force.

The tariffs that the US court has ruled illegal do not include those on cars, which make up the bulk of what the UK exports to the US, and steel and aluminium, which are the other UK industries most affected.