Tariff challengers take Trump back to court: ‘Rinse and repeat’
The plaintiffs say the duties cover 99.4% of U.S. imports and were imposed without properly establishing forced-labor cases.
- Small businesses Burlap & Barrel and Collective Horology challenged President Donald Trump's tariffs on Wednesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade, alleging the administration failed to properly establish forced-labor cases against trading partners.
- After the Supreme Court struck down previous IEEPA tariffs in February, the administration imposed 10% or 12.5% duties on 99.4% of imports from 60 trading partners, claiming the new levies combat forced labor in those economies.
- Represented by the Liberty Justice Center, plaintiffs allege the administration exceeded its authority under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, calling the tariffs "arbitrary and capricious" based on "generalized assertions" of economic harm.
- Businesses await roughly $166 billion in refunds from previous IEEPA tariffs while facing new duties, straining cash flow for importers like Burlap & Barrel and Collective Horology across multiple tariff cycles.
- Trade expert Alan Wolff, who helped draft Section 301, argues the statute was designed as a "rifle shot of retaliation" against single countries, not broad application to 60 economies simultaneously.
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Trump’s Supreme Court workaround runs into trouble with federal judges
President Donald Trump's attempt to maintain wide-ranging tariffs following his defeat by the Supreme Court is once again before federal judges, with businesses and 25 states led by Democrats challenging the administration's most recent legal reason for imposing taxes on most imports into the United States.A three-member panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade in Manhattan considered the arguments regarding the tariffs that have been impo…
Trump’s Latest Global Tariffs Face Trade Court Challenge
“President Donald Trump’s near-global tariff policy is being challenged in federal court — again,” CNBC reports. “A panel of three judges at the U.S. Court of International Trade in Manhattan are hearing arguments Wednesday morning from a group of small businesses and Democratic-led states who say Trump’s sweeping ‘Section 301’ tariffs overstep the law.” “It’s […]
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