The White House on Thursday sharply criticized a U.S. trade court’s ruling blocking most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with Kevin Hassett, the head of Trump’s National Economic Council, calling the decision a mere “hiccup” in Trump’s plan caused by “activist judges,” Politico reported.

“In a month or two, you are going to look ahead and see that countries have opened their markets to American products, they have lowered their non-tariff barriers, they have lowered their tariffs and all the countries that have done that are being treated very respectfully and well by U.S.,” Hassett said, adding that countries that don’t abide by Trump’s plan should expect “some form of reciprocal tariffs.”

The court’s decision blocked the tariffs Trump slapped last month on almost all U.S. trading partners and levies he imposed before that on China, Mexico, and Canada.

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