In new suit, Democratic AGs say Trump imposed tariffs ‘arbitrarily’

A dozen states with Democratic attorneys general have filed suit over President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to enact new tariffs on U.S. trading partners, charging that even if IEEPA authorizes tariffs, the White House is breaking the law by using that power “arbitrarily.” The states’ complaint , filed April 23 with the U.S. Court of International Trade, marks at least the sixth challenge to Trump’s IEEPA tariffs, and the second by a state government after...