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A New Jersey food importer files a lawsuit challenging Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canadian goods

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

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  1. Bloomberg

    Trump Administration Sued Over 50% Tariffs on Canadian Products (opens Bloomberg)

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    The Trump administration is being sued over the president’s imposition of 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian goods.

  2. Independent Journal Review

    US Importer Sues Over 50% Canadian Tariffs (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    New Jersey cheese importer Gellert Global Group sued Oct. 20 to block Trump’s first-ever Section 338 use—50% tariffs on $20B in Canadian goods—and win refunds with interest.

  3. Quartz

    Food importer is suing to block Trump's 50% Canada tariffs imposed under 1930 law (opens Quartz)

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    Gellert Global Group, represented by the Liberty Justice Center, says Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 does not authorize the duties

  4. The Columbian

    Trump tariffs on Canada spark lawsuit over trade (opens The Columbian)

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    WASHINGTON — A legal group that has successfully sued to scuttle President Donald Trump’s past tariffs filed another court challenge Tuesday, this time targeting the steep duties that he has imposed as part of an ongoing trade war with Canada.

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    New Jersey food importer files lawsuit challenging Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods

  6. ABC News

    NJ food importer files lawsuit challenging Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (opens ABC News)

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    A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods

  7. Reason

    Trump's 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods Illegally Rely on a Superseded Statute, a Lawsuit Argues (opens Reason)

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    a shipping container and a maple leaf with President Donald Trump in the background

  8. Al Jazeera

    US food importer sues Trump over 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The lawsuit argues Trump bypassed Congress and misused a Depression-era law to impose tariffs on Canadian imports.

  9. WTOP Washington DC

    A New Jersey food importer files a lawsuit challenging Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

  10. FOX Business

    US food importer sues Trump administration over 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (opens FOX Business)

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    Gellert Global Group says Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian cheese imports could cost $40 million annually, filing suit to challenge the USMCA override.

  11. Newsweek

    Trump Accused of Unlawfully Invoking 1930s Law for Canada Tariffs (opens Newsweek)

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    A New Jersey food importer is accusing President Donald Trump of unlawfully using a rarely invoked 1930s law to impose tariffs

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