{"id":8261,"date":"2026-08-04T01:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/trump-administration-sued-by-25-states-over-new-tariffs-on-trading-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T01:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:36:46","slug":"trump-administration-sued-by-25-states-over-new-tariffs-on-trading-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/trump-administration-sued-by-25-states-over-new-tariffs-on-trading-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration sued by 25 states over new tariffs on trading partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The states claim the new levies are a pretext to re-impose tariffs that were ruled illegal by the US Supreme Court.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A group of 25 Democratic-led states has sued Donald Trump\u2019s administration over its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/24\/trump-imposes-new-double-digit-tariffs-on-dozens-of-countries\">latest tariffs<\/a>, claiming that the US president has exceeded his legal authority to implement the levies.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in the US Court of International Trade on Monday, targets new double-digit tariffs imposed on 60 trading partners last month over allegations they were not doing enough to stop the importation of goods produced with forced labour.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/2\/why-has-trump-refused-to-renew-the-usmca-and-what-will-that-mean\">Why has Trump refused to renew the USMCA, and what will that mean?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/17\/did-the-us-just-start-a-trade-war-with-brazil\">Did the US just start a trade war with Brazil?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/7\/24\/trumps-latest-forced-labour-tariffs-whos-been-hit-how-badly\">Trump\u2019s latest \u2018forced labour tariffs\u2019: Who\u2019s been hit, how badly?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>These latest tariffs took effect just as the clock ran out on temporary tariffs that Trump had turned to after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/20\/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-global-tariffs\">Supreme Court struck down<\/a> his flagship \u201cliberation day\u201d levies in a February ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter losing at the Supreme Court, the administration is once again trying to illegally raise taxes on families and businesses with a new round of tariffs,\u201d said New York Attorney General Letitia James.<\/p>\n<p>The states that sued over the new tariffs, including Oregon and New York, all have Democratic attorneys general or governors.<\/p>\n<p>In response, White House spokesman Kush Desai said the levies were an appropriate and legal response to unfair trade practices in other nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA foreign country\u2019s failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor is unreasonable and burdens US commerce, including American workers, and must be addressed,\u201d Desai said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"revive-us-manufacturing\">Revive US manufacturing<\/h2>\n<p>Trump, who argues that high tariffs will revive US manufacturing, last year overturned decades of Washington policy that favoured lower tariffs and ever-freer trade.<\/p>\n<p>Invoking the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/4\/3\/five-key-takeaways-from-trumps-liberation-day-reciprocal-tariffs\">imposed double-digit tariffs<\/a> on imports from almost every country, saying the US\u2019s longstanding trade deficit amounted to a national emergency.<\/p>\n<p>But the Supreme Court ruled that IEEPA did not authorise tariffs. The decision forced the administration to establish a refund process for importers who had paid the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Eager to make up the lost revenue, Trump turned to temporary 10 percent worldwide tariffs, but they expired at midnight on July 24.<\/p>\n<p>The latest round of global tariffs was imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, meant to combat unfair or discriminatory economic practices by other nations. The tariffs imposed in July affect more than 99 percent of US imports.<\/p>\n<p>The states\u2019 complaint, like two previous lawsuits filed by small businesses over the tariffs, argued that the new tariffs used \u201cforced labor\u201d as a pretext to re-impose the tariffs that had already been ruled illegal in court. They said that a sweeping tax on imports would do nothing to address the real problems of forced labour around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The states claim the new levies are a pretext to re-impose tariffs that were ruled illegal by the US Supreme Court. A group of 25 Democratic-led states has sued Donald Trump\u2019s administration over its latest tariffs, claiming that the US president has exceeded his legal authority to implement the levies. 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