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Tribal members are asking a federal appeals court to block President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods despite a district judge’s order transferring their case to the Court of International Trade, just as the Justice Department is saying the transfer is unappealable and California is raising new arguments to stop its tariff suit from being sent to CIT as well. All three litigants filed new briefs in pending trade cases on May 1, continuing the increasingly complex battle over whether the...

A pair of Montana tribal members is suing the Trump administration over its use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as the basis for tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners, adding to a separate case filed last week by a conservative legal group in Florida and raising the odds that the litigation will eventually reach the Supreme Court. The suit, known as Susan Webber and Jonathan St. Goddard v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was filed April 4...

Canada has challenged the Trump administration’s tariffs on autos and auto parts at the World Trade Organization, its third dispute in Geneva over U.S. tariffs in the span of a month. Ottawa requested consultations with Washington, which is the first step in a WTO dispute, on April 3, the day the 25 percent tariffs on autos went into effect. The duties on auto parts are set to go into effect no later than May 3. The tariffs are imposed under...

The White House on Friday published the executive summary of the comprehensive trade report called for by President Trump in a day-one memo, recommending the administration end the de minimis exemption for low-cost shipments and calling for changes to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and other free trade agreements, including stricter rules of origin and additional market access for agricultural producers. The executive summary of the “ Report to the President on the America First Trade Policy ” provides an overview of...

Canada will impose a 25 percent tariff on all U.S. auto imports that are not compliant with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday, adding that the retaliatory measures will not extend to auto parts. The Trump administration last week said it would impose a 25 percent tariff on all auto and auto parts imports. The auto tariff took effect on Thursday and the parts tariff will hit next month. Parts that enter the U.S. under...

Autoworkers and their allies, including Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), are hoping President Trump’s wave of new tariffs will lead to the speedy renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, welcoming what they see as a “total overhaul” of past trade policies even as they attack the administration for its “chaotic” launch of reciprocal tariffs. “The administration gets credit for recognizing that we need a total overhaul of our trade system and their willingness to take action, commensurate with the conviction that the...

Senate Finance Committee members Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have introduced a bill aimed at limiting presidential tariff authorities and boosting congressional oversight of trade policy. The “ Trade Review Act of 2025 ,” introduced on Thursday, would require congressional approval of any new or increased tariffs proposed by the president, excluding trade remedies. Such legislation is needed, the two lawmakers argued, to restore Congress’ constitutional authority over tariffs and trade policy. “This bill reasserts Congress’s role over...

The Trump administration’s newly imposed 25 percent tariffs on autos and auto parts will compel automakers and parts suppliers to reconfigure an integrated North American automotive supply chain as they try to determine the domestic content of imported vehicles, and the brunt of that burden, according to industry representatives, could fall on the group least prepared to carry it -- smaller parts suppliers. President Trump last week signed a proclamation imposing 25 percent tariffs on autos and auto parts. The...

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly approved a joint resolution that would end the Trump administration’s tariffs on Canada. The vote was 51-48. All Democrats and four Republicans -- Sens. Rand Paul (KY), Mitch McConnell (KY), Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) -- voted in favor. The resolution stands little chance in the House, where Republicans last month blocked similar resolutions for Canada and for Mexico from coming up for votes. The Senate resolution was introduced by Sens. Tim Kaine...