US President Donald Trump shares on April 10, 2025 at a cabinet meeting in the White House in Washington, DC, USA.
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A group of five small companies sued President Donald Trump on Monday and tried to block new tariffs that he has imposed foreign imports in the past few weeks.
In the lawsuit before the US Court of International Trade, Trump has illegally claimed that Trump has illegal to raise tariffs by claiming that trade deficits with other countries are an emergency.
“The congress has not delegated such power,” the lawsuit said. “The President's statute
Invozes-Das International Emercial Economic Powers Act ('Ieepa')-does not authorize the president of one-sidedly issue global tariffs. “
The Liberty Justice Center, which represents the companies operated by owners, said that Trump's so -called liberation day tariffs of at least 10% for imports from most countries and higher figures for other nations are devastating small businesses across the country. “
“His claimed emergency is an invention of his own imagination: trade deficits that have existed for decades without causing economic damage are not an emergency,” says the lawsuit.
“These trade deficits are also an unusual and extraordinary threat.”
The Liberty Justice Center found that the Trump government also imposed tariffs in countries with which the United States have no trade deficit, which further undermining the government's justification.
“This Court of Justice should illegally explain the unprecedented power of the President and have obliged the functioning of the executives to impose these tariffs on the IEPA and to reaffirm the basic principle of this country: there is no taxation without representation,” says the lawsuit.
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The plaintiffs include the VOS selection based in New York, which import and distribute wines, spirits and sakes. Fishusa in Pennsylvania, a retail and wholesale e-commerce companies that manufacture and sell sports fishing tackle and related equipment; and Genova pipe in Utah, the plastic tube, lines and equipment for sanitary, irrigation, drainage and electrical applications.
The other plaintiffs are MicroKits LLC in Virginia, which produce educational electronic kits and musical instruments, and Terry Precision Cycling, a brand -based brand of women's clothing.
“Terry Cycling has already paid 25,000 US dollars for unplanned tariffs for goods this year, for which Terry was the importer of record, and Terry projects that the tariffs cost the company around 250,000 US dollars by the end of 2025,” the lawsuit said.
Terry Cycling in 2026 assumes “an estimated 1.2 million US dollar to confront tariff costs – an amount that is simply not able to survive for a company business,” says the lawsuit.
CNBC has requested a comment from the White House to the lawsuit.
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