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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles

California launches legal challenge against Trump’s ‘illegal’ tariffs

Gavin Newsom, the governor of California
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, on 10 May 2024. The state is the US’s largest importer and second-largest exporter, and relies heavily on trade with Mexico, Canada and China. Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

California is preparing to ask a court to block Donald Trump’s “illegal” tariffs, accusing the president of overstepping his authority and causing “immediate and irreparable harm” to the world’s fifth-largest economy.

The lawsuit, to be filed in federal court on Wednesday by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and attorney general, Rob Bonta, is the most significant challenge yet to Trump’s flurry of on-again-off-again tariffs.

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