Twenty-five US states sue Trump administration over latest tariffs

What happened?

1. Twenty-five US states filed suit at the US Court of International Trade in New York over the latest tariffs.
2. The states asked judges to halt implementation of the tariffs, declare them unlawful and order refunds.
3. The tariffs range from 10% to 12.5% and were imposed on 60 trading partners under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
4. The new tariffs took effect on July 24 as a previous 10% global tariff expired.
5. White House spokesperson Kush Desai said the United States is using its lawful authority and that Section 301 tariffs remain legally durable.

Twenty-five US states sued the Trump administration on Monday in the US Court of International Trade in New York over its latest global tariffs, asking judges to halt implementation, declare the tariffs unlawful and order refunds. In their court filing, the states alleged that the Section 301 probes amounted to a pretextual and unlawful attempt to wield unfettered tariff power, and that forced-labor concerns had no rational connection to blanket global tariffs. White House spokesperson Kush Desai said the United States is using its lawful authority and that Section 301 tariffs have proven legally durable since the president's first term.

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