A US federal appeals court has issued a short-term administrative stay, temporarily halting a lower court ruling that had blocked President Donald Trump's 10 percent global import tariff. The Court of International Trade had ruled last Friday that Trump failed to meet the legal criteria under Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, which sets specific conditions a president must satisfy before imposing such sweeping tariffs. The stay gives the White House time to respond to the challenge, brought by a coalition of 24 US states that argue the tariff policy amounts to an abuse of executive power — a concern that has grown more pressing as new consumer price data shows costs for clothing, electronics, toys and furniture all rising sharply in recent months.