Twelve states have filed a lawsuit against President Trump's comprehensive tariffs on imports, asserting that he overstepped his authority while endangering U.S. trade policy and prompting economic turmoil. The tariffs, which target multiple countries, aim to address America's persistent trade deficits but are criticized for being implemented under the invocation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act without valid justification. The states contend that the act does not allow for tariff imposition based solely on trade deficits, suggesting that the situation does not constitute the required 'unusual and extraordinary threat.'
The states argue that the emergency economic powers act does not authorize the use of tariffs. Even if it did, they say, the trade deficit does not meet the law's requirement that an emergency be triggered only by an 'unusual and extraordinary threat.'
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