By Matthew Vadum
More than 20 states filed a lawsuit on March 5 in federal court against President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs.
The Democratic state attorneys general and governors argue in the suit filed with the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade that the new tariffs, which are being implemented under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, are beyond the president’s authority.
The current tariff rate is set at 10 percent but Trump has said he will raise it to 15 percent.
The new litigation comes after the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 20 struck down tariffs that Trump issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The president issued the new tariffs now being challenged in the Court of International Trade not long after the nation’s highest court acted.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
