NJ food importer files lawsuit challenging Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
Also reported by Al Jazeera
Summary
A New Jersey food importer, Gellert Global Group, filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s use of an old law to impose a 50% tariff on $20 billion of Canadian goods. The lawsuit questions whether the president has the legal authority to apply these tariffs without following newer trade laws passed by Congress.Key Facts
- Gellert Global Group imports Canadian cheese and is suing in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York.
- President Trump used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a law from the Great Depression era, to impose the 50% tariffs.
- The tariffs target $20 billion worth of Canadian products and led to retaliatory tariffs from Canada.
- Last month, President Trump also banned nearly $1 billion of Canadian goods including alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles.
- Section 338 authority had never been used or legally tested before this case.
- More recent trade laws limit presidential power to impose tariffs without investigations and specific conditions.
- The Liberty Justice Center, representing the importer, argues the newer laws override the 1930 law.
- The White House and the U.S. Trade Representative have not commented on the lawsuit.
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