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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward and Ariana Baio

New York leads more than 20 states suing Trump over new across-the-board tariffs

New York Attorney General Letitia James and more than 20 other states are suing President Donald Trump to block newly imposed global tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down his sweeping tariff agenda last month.

Trump unlawfully imposed tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to the Supreme Court. After that decision, the president swiftly raised worldwide tariffs to 15 percent “effective immediately,” citing Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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