US states sue Trump administration over new tariffs on 60 trading partners

A coalition of twenty-five US states sued the Trump administration on Monday, according to The Guardian, over new tariffs of ten to twelve point five percent applied to goods from sixty trading partners. The states are asking the US Court of International Trade to halt the tariffs, declare them unlawful, and order refunds of duties already paid. They argue these tariffs are a workaround—designed to replace import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February.

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