Donald Trump can continue to enforce his global tariffs for now, a federal appeals court held in a win for the president on one of his signature economic policies.

The order Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit extends an earlier, short-term reprieve for the administration as it presses a challenge to a lower court ruling last month that blocked the tariffs. The Justice Department had argued that U.S. officials’ concerns about ongoing trade negotiations outweighed the economic harm claimed by the small businesses that sued.

The Washington-based court put the case on an expedited track, citing the “issues of exceptional importance” at stake, and scheduled arguments for July 31. The court didn’t offer a detailed reason for siding with the administration at this stage, indicating in the order that the government had met its burden for showing that keeping the lower court’s injunction on hold was “warranted.” No judge noted a dissent.

The ruling comes as negotiators for the U.S. and China reached a preliminary agreement to de-escalate trade tensions. Representatives of the world’s two largest economies announced the accord in the second day of talks in London over exports of key tech and industrial goods. Trump has portrayed tariffs as critical to leveling the playing field for American businesses and workers amid chronic trade deficits.

The Trump administration asked the appeals court to step in after the U.S. Court of International Trade last month ruled that Trump had misused an emergency law to implement the tariffs. Unless the challengers request swift intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, the levies will stay in place for at least another month, if not longer, as the rest of the legal fight plays out before the Washington-based appellate court. Whoever loses the next round of the case before the Federal Circuit could then ask the high court justices to weigh in.

Tuesday’s order comes a month before Trump’s own 90-day pause on most of his sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs is set to expire. On July 9, U.S. tariff rates are set to increase drastically for many nations, absent trade deals or a further extension. Goods from the European Union, for instance, are facing a 50% levy.

Companies led by New York wine importer V.O.S. Selections Inc. claimed that letting the tariffs go into effect would lead to much higher costs and lower sales, with some of them likely to end up in bankruptcy. The administration argued that blocking the tariffs would disrupt U.S. diplomacy and intrude upon the president’s power to conduct foreign affairs.

A dozen Democratic-led states also sued the administration over the tariffs.

A three-judge panel of the trade court ruled last month that law didn’t give the president unbridled tariff power. The court also took issue with Trump’s claims of “emergencies” over trade deficits and drug-trafficking. In their decision, the judges said government lawyers actually undercut that position by arguing that tariffs were needed as negotiating tools.