Small businesses sue Trump to stop latest wave of tariffs

A group of small businesses on Friday sued the Trump administration over its latest tariffs on 60 U.S. trade partners, less than a day after they were enacted.

A group of small businesses on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its latest wave of tariffs on 60 U.S. trade partners, less than one day after they were enacted.

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The suit was filed by the Liberty Justice Center, the same organization that challenged Trump’s tariffs enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act last year and won a major ruling against the government at the Supreme Court.

The center is suing the Trump administration on behalf of two small businesses: New York-based Burlap & Barrel, an online spices retailer, and California-based Collective Horology, a retailer that Liberty Justice says supports independent watchmakers.