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Two lawsuits challenge legality of new tariffs The first lawsuit was filed on Friday in the Court of International Trade by educational toy company Learning Resources and several other small businesses. Learning Resources was also among the plaintiffs in the earlier tariff case that ultimately succeeded in the Supreme Court.The second lawsuit has been filed by Burlap and Barrel, a New York-based spice company, and Collective Horology, a watch retailer based in Ventura, California. The companies are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a libertarian advocacy group.Both lawsuits argue that the government failed to adequately establish its case against each individual economy. They also contend that the administration did not explain how the tariffs would eliminate the specific practice they are intended to address, as required under Section 301.<\/p>\n
Businesses say administration is sidestepping the law The lawsuits argue that while the administration has justified the tariffs as a response to forced labour, the measures are instead being used to replace the worldwide tariffs that were struck down earlier this year.\u201cForced labor is morally indefensible, but an important objective does not give the government permission to ignore the law,\u201d said Sara Albrecht, chairman and CEO of the Liberty Justice Center. \u201cThe administration allowed one global tariff to expire and immediately replaced it with another under a different statute. Changing the statute doesn\u2019t change the law.\u201dThe White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Experts expect tariffs to remain Legal experts believe the latest lawsuits could face a steeper challenge than earlier ones.Trump had relied on Section 301 during his first term to impose sweeping tariffs on China, and those measures survived court challenges. Experts say that history could make it more difficult to successfully challenge the latest tariffs.Patrick Childress, a partner at Holland & Knight and a former US trade official, said the current duties are likely to remain in force for an extended period.Unlike the Section 122 levies that expired on Friday, \u201cthese tariffs will be with us for the long haul,\u2019\u2019 he said.Childress added that even if countries adopt the exact policies sought by the US, they would still have to prove to Washington’s satisfaction that those measures are being enforced before the tariffs could be lifted.\u201cThis suggests that no short-term path for country-wide relief from the new Section 301 tariffs will be available.\u2019\u2019<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump‘s tariff strategy is once again under legal scrutiny.Just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expired, two groups of small businesses headed to court to challenge the administration’s latest trade measures. The lawsuits target the sweeping tariffs announced earlier this week, which impose double-digit levies on goods from 60 trading partners and cover 99% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t
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