Tiles The federal government couldn’t levy taxes. Congress had no power to regulate foreign trade. The approval of nine states was needed to pass laws. All 13 states needed to approve amendments to the Articles. There was no national court. Pairs created conflict among states and problems with trading with other countries arrowBoth no practical way to change the powers of government arrowBoth no way to settle disputes among the states arrowBoth government always short of money arrowBoth made enacting laws difficult arrowBoth