By SOPHIE AUSTIN, Related Press/Report for America
The go well with will argue that Trump’s use of the Worldwide Emergency Financial Powers Act to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China or a ten% tariff on all imports is illegal. The act allows a president to freeze and block transactions in response to overseas threats.
Trump has provided many justifications for rising tariffs, together with that they’re designed to spur U.S. manufacturing and cease the circulation of illicit fentanyl into the nation. California’s transfer follows quickly altering tariff plans by the Trump administration.
“President Trump’s unlawful tariffs are wreaking chaos on California families, businesses, and our economy — driving up prices and threatening jobs,” he mentioned in a press release. “We’re standing up for American families who can’t afford to let the chaos continue.”
The state will ask the court docket to instantly block the tariffs.
Initially Printed: April 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM EDT
