In court challenge, states say tariffs have ‘irreparably disrupted’ budgets

President Trump’s barrage of new tariffs has “seriously and irreparably disrupted” what would otherwise be routine government budgeting and procurement decisions, Democratic attorneys general from 12 states are arguing at the Court of International Trade, urging it to quickly block the implementation of the duties nationwide ahead of an initial hearing on their legality. “The States’ agencies and universities cannot properly set their budgets if they lack reasonable certainty as to how much goods and materials will cost over the...