Trump Trade War Faces Legal Challenge As Businesses, States Argue His Tariffs Exceeded His Power

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country on earth. The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he’s gone too far, and asserted power he does not have. The first of the legal challenges went to court Tuesday in New York. Five small businesses are asking a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade to block the sweeping import taxes that Trump announced April 2 – “Liberation Day,’’.

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