(Agri-Pulse)—Legal representatives for a group of small businesses challenging President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs at the Court of International Trade argued that the administration’s tariff pause undermines its claim that the newduties are necessary to remedy an economic emergency.
The president declared an economic emergency in his April 2 executive order, arguing that a “large and persistent” U.S. trade deficit poses a threat to the nation’s economy and national security. Trump has since paused all the country-specific tariffs announced that day, including, as of this week, those placed on China, leaving only a 10% baseline rate in effect.
“There’s a 90-day pause on retaliatory tariffs. There’s a carveout for specific products,” Jeffrey Schwab, enior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative public interest legal group, said duringoral arguments before the court on Tuesday.
“That doesn’t gel with the justification,” Schwab said…
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