Democratic US states sue to challenge Trump's latest tariffs
The states say the duties were rushed through flawed investigations and will raise costs for consumers and businesses nationwide.
- On Monday, a coalition of 25 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade, challenging new 10% and 12.5% tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners.
- These duties replace previous tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, which ruled the administration's earlier use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful; President Trump subsequently invoked Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
- Covering 99.4% of U.S. imports and more than 80 countries, the tariffs affect nearly every U.S. trading partner. A Federal Reserve Bank analysis found American consumers and businesses paid nearly 90 percent of tariff costs in 2025.
- "The onslaught of new tariffs increases the difficulty for companies to plan their business," said Julie Hughes, president of the United States Fashion Industry Association . Oregon Attorney-General Dan Rayfield noted the coalition is fighting to protect businesses and working families.
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Many democratically ruled U.S. states defend themselves legally against the tariffs of the Trump administration.
The Trump administration justifies new international customs duties on the basis of the alleged lack of control of the countries concerned over the goods produced by forced labour. As a professor of commercial law at the University of Kansas, Raj Bhala decrypts the new strategy of the US governmentOn Monday, 25 US states filed a complaint with the Federal Tribunal for International Trade (CIT) against the US government. The subject of their ange…
Democratic-Led States Sue to Block Trump's Latest Tariffs, Calling Them an Illegal End Run Around Supreme Court
A coalition of 25 Democratic-led states has filed a new lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs, arguing the administration is attempting to revive a trade policy that the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled unlawful.
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