Tony Romm and Anna Swanson | July 24, 2026
(The New York Times)
The businesses are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal group that has successfully challenged President Trump’s past duties.
Two small businesses sued the Trump administration on Friday over the latest tariffs it has imposed around the world, touching off another legal battle that could redefine President Trump’s powers to wage a global trade war.
The new challenge concerned the tariffs that the government had put in place just hours earlier, covering more than 80 countries including Canada, Mexico and the 27 members of the European Union. The lawsuit, filed in a federal trade court, argued that the Trump administration had misused the law in its attempt to recreate the same system of duties that judges had already ruled illegal.
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