States sue Trump administration over tariffs
A dozen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the president's tariffs are unlawful and hurting their economies.
A dozen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the president's tariffs are unlawful and hurting their economies.
A dozen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the president's tariffs are unlawful and hurting their economies.
In Wednesday, are unlawful and harming their economies.
The lawsuit also argues that Congress, not the president, holds the power to impose tariffs.
The states claim the taxes are bringing "chaos to the American economy" and that Trump's trade policy falls to his "whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority."
Trump has been using the , which allows the president to freeze or block transactions under "unusual and extraordinary" threats outside the U.S.
The states claim that Trump is abusing the law by declaring an emergency for "whatever reason he finds convenient" without any real basis for an economic emergency.
But on Wednesday, Trump doubled down on his tariffs, promising they would pay off and claiming that trade deals with at least 90 countries may be coming soon.
"I got every leader in the world, which tells you that we have a good product. It's called the United States of America," Trump said from the Oval Office. "But we're going to make a lot of money, and that money is going to be used to reduce taxes."
But experts warn that the tariffs could worsen debt for Americans.
"People are feeling squeezed between higher housing costs and medical care and food and child care and all these things," , a senior industry analyst at Bankrate, said. "There's just not as much wiggle room."
Meanwhile, some are calling on the administration to reach trade deals quickly before supply chain issues and higher prices start.
"My advice is resolve it as quickly as we can," , R-Oklahoma, said. "To stabilize the opportunity where people can actually do contracts."
on Friday to attend . During that time, he says he has "a lot" of meetings with other world leaders planned, which could include more discussions on trade.
The stock market ended in positive territory Wednesday, reacting to news that Trump said negotiated tariffs against China will be much lower than their current 145%.
The president also appeared to back away from his threats to try to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, which earlier in the week spooked investors that there would be political influence in the traditionally independent agency.